Writing Urbanism: A Design Reader

ISBN-13: 9780415774383 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 398 str.

Douglas Kelbaugh;Kit McCullough

Opis

Urban design continues to grow as an increasingly important and expanding field of study, research and professional endeavour.

This welcome new reader, distinguished by its broad scope and comprehensiveness on the subject of urban design, combines selected essays from both practitioners and academia. 

A carefully crafted reader which represents the discipline’s best thinking and promotes an understanding of the principles of urban design, Writing Urbanism is the ideal volume for both architects and urban designers.

Spis treści

Foreword.  Preface  Part 1: Urban Process  1. Introduction  2. Observations  3. Preservation, Re-Use and Sustainability  4. Community  Part 2: Urban Form  5. Introduction  6. Everyday Urbanism, Landscape Urbanism, and Infrastructure  7. New Urbanism  8. Post Urbanism  Part 3: Urban Society  10. Introduction  11. The Public Realm  12. Globalism and Local Identity  13. Technology