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Public Places - Urban Spaces

Author : Matthew Carmona
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136020497
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Public Places - Urban Spaces written by Matthew Carmona and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Places - Urban Spaces is a holistic guide to the many complex and interacting dimensions of urban design. The discussion moves systematically through ideas, theories, research and the practice of urban design from an unrivalled range of sources. It aids the reader by gradually building the concepts one upon the other towards a total view of the subject. The author team explain the catalysts of change and renewal, and explore the global and local contexts and processes within which urban design operates. The book presents six key dimensions of urban design theory and practice - the social, visual, functional, temporal, morphological and perceptual - allowing it to be dipped into for specific information, or read from cover to cover. This is a clear and accessible text that provides a comprehensive discussion of this complex subject.

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

Author : William Hollingsworth Whyte
Publisher : Ingram
ISBN 13 : 9780970632418
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces written by William Hollingsworth Whyte and published by Ingram. This book was released on 2001 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Life Of Small Urban Spaces.

The Great Neighborhood Book

Author : Jay Walljasper
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550923420
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Great Neighborhood Book written by Jay Walljasper and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned lots and litter-strewn pathways, or rows of green beans and pockets of wildflowers? Graffiti-marked walls and desolate bus stops, or shady refuges and comfortable seating? What transforms a dingy, inhospitable area into a dynamic gathering place? How do individuals take back their neighborhood? Neighborhoods decline when the people who live there lose their connection and no longer feel part of their community. Recapturing that sense of belonging and pride of place can be as simple as planting a civic garden or placing some benches in a park. The Great Neighborhood Book explains how most struggling communities can be revived, not by vast infusions of cash, not by government, but by the people who live there. The author addresses such challenges as traffic control, crime, comfort and safety, and developing economic vitality. Using a technique called "placemaking"-- the process of transforming public space -- this exciting guide offers inspiring real-life examples that show the magic that happens when individuals take small steps, and motivate others to make change. This book will motivate not only neighborhood activists and concerned citizens but also urban planners, developers and policy-makers.

New Urban Spaces

Author : Neil Brenner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190627182
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book New Urban Spaces written by Neil Brenner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Openings: the urban question as a scale question? -- Between fixity and motion: scaling the urban fabric -- Restructuring, rescaling and the urban question -- Global city formation and the rescaling of urbanization -- Cities and the political geographies of the "new" economy -- Competitive city-regionalism and the politics of scale -- Urban growth machines : but at what scale? -- A thousand layers: geographies of uneven development -- Planetary urbanization: mutations of the urban question -- Afterword: new spaces of urbanization

Urban Spaces

Author : Dimitris Kottas
Publisher : Links Internacional
ISBN 13 : 9788496424722
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Urban Spaces written by Dimitris Kottas and published by Links Internacional. This book was released on 2007 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of outstanding public space projects is an excellent overview of current trends in urban planning. Good urban developments demand equally good public space plans. Urban Spaces: Squares and Plazas contains twenty of themost innovative and exciting examples, including a floating pool in the Spree River, Berlin; Capitol Plaza in New York;Place de la Bourse in Bordeauxand the Eco-Bulevard in Vallecas, just outside of Madrid.Thoroughly documented and illustrated, with full colour photographs and drawings, to capture the full scale of each project's complexities, technical assets and aesthetic innovations, this book will undoubtedly be of great value to architects, urban planners and students seeking the latest tendencies in public space design.

Urban Open Spaces

Author : Helen Woolley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135802297
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Urban Open Spaces written by Helen Woolley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together extensive research and practical experience to prove the opportunities and benefits of open spaces to society and individuals.

Convivial Urban Spaces

Author : Henry Shaftoe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136568964
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Convivial Urban Spaces written by Henry Shaftoe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite developments in urban design during the last few decades, architects, urban planners and designers often continue to produce areas of bland, commercially led urban fabric that deliver the basic functional requirements of shelter, work and leisure but are socially unsustainable and likely generators of future problems. Convivial Urban Spaces demonstrates that successful urban public spaces are an essential part of a sustainable built environment. Without them we are likely to drift into an increasingly private and polarized society, with all the problems that would imply. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book draws on research, and the literature and theory of environmental psychology and urban design, to advance our understanding of what makes effective public spaces. Practical guidance is illustrated with case studies from the UK, Spain, Germany and Italy. The result is a practical and clearly presented guide to urban public space for planners, architects and students of the urban environment.

Convivial Urban Spaces

Author : Henry Shaftoe
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1849770875
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Convivial Urban Spaces written by Henry Shaftoe and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite developments in urban design during the last few decades, architects, urban planners and designers often continue to produce areas of bland, commercially led urban fabric that deliver the basic functional requirements of shelter, work and leisure but are socially unsustainable and likely generators of future problems. Convivial Urban Spaces demonstrates that successful urban public spaces are an essential part of a sustainable built environment. Without them we are likely to drift into an increasingly private and polarized society, with all the problems that would imply. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book draws on research, and the literature and theory of environmental psychology and urban design, to advance our understanding of what makes effective public spaces. Practical guidance is illustrated with case studies from the UK, Spain, Germany and Italy. The result is a practical and clearly presented guide to urban public space for planners, architects and students of the urban environment.

Urban Blue Spaces

Author : Simon Bell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429509103
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Urban Blue Spaces written by Simon Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an evidence-based approach to landscape planning and design for urban blue spaces that maximises the benefits to human health and well-being while minimising the risks. Based on applied research and evidence from primary and secondary data sources stemming from the EU-funded BlueHealth project, the book presents nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resilient cities. Numerous cities around the world are located alongside bodies of water in the form of coastlines, lakes, rivers and canals, but the relationship between city inhabitants and these water sources has often been ambivalent. In many cities, water has been polluted, engineered or ignored completely. But, due to an increasing awareness of the strong connections between city, people, nature and water and health, this paradigm is shifting. The international editorial team, consisting of researchers and professionals across several disciplines, leads the reader through theoretical aspects, evidence, illustrated case studies, risk assessment and a series of validated tools to aid planning and design before finishing with overarching planning and design principles for a range of blue-space types. Over 200 full-colour illustrations accompany the case-study examples from geographic locations all over the world, including Portugal, the United Kingdom, China, Canada, the US, South Korea, Singapore, Norway and Estonia. With green and blue infrastructure now at the forefront of current policies and trends to promote healthy, sustainable cities, Urban Blue Spaces is a must-have for professionals and students in landscape planning, urban design and environmental design. Open Access for the book was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 666773 The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9780429056161, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Urban Spaces After Socialism

Author : Tsypylma Darieva
Publisher : Campus Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3593393840
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Urban Spaces After Socialism written by Tsypylma Darieva and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two decades following the collapse of the Soviet Union brought great changes to the new nations on its periphery. This text offers a detailed ethnographic look at one area of change - the use and understanding of public space in the region's cities.

Pedestrian Malls, Streetscapes, and Urban Spaces

Author : Harvey M. Rubenstein
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471546801
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (468 download)

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Download or read book Pedestrian Malls, Streetscapes, and Urban Spaces written by Harvey M. Rubenstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1992-11-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the pedestrian malls built during the urban renewal period of the 60's and 70's, and of new urban open space designs. Explores the trend towards, and away from, full pedestrian malls, and analyzes newer project types, such as festival marketplaces and mixed-use urban spaces. Describes mall development processes such as feasibility analysis, planning and design. Also covers street furnishings ranging from paving, fountains and sculpture to lighting, canopies and seating. Offers updated coverage of new projects in New York, Tampa, Memphis, Louisville and Minneapolis. Also features over 250 photographs as well as detailed site plans of the projects covered.

Urban Spaces 7

Author : Roger Yee
Publisher : Harper Design
ISBN 13 : 9780983450177
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Urban Spaces 7 written by Roger Yee and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newest edition in the Urban Spaces series. More than 140 exceptional urban/mixed-use design projects collected from around the world by leading architects, landscape architects, urban designers and planners. Included are parks, plazas,lobbies, and atriums. 500+ inspirational photos, 20 design firms.

Urban Spaces

Author : James Jennings
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780739137444
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Urban Spaces written by James Jennings and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The control and utilization of urban spaces remains a highly contested issue. Much of the debate centers on issues of economic development versus the maintenance and support of already existing communities. As a number of urban areas are in the throes of gentrification and economic development projects, there is a dearth of information on not only the use of private power in this process, but also the response of the community members. This anthology responds to a growing concern about urban and community development, and the role of corporate power. These essays focus on key themes of land ownership and management, community resistance against corporate agendas, and public discourse over these issues. These themes are presented and developed within an interdisciplinary framework which includes information and commentary about history, contemporary politics, economic development, and ideology. Most of the chapters include case studies that provide concrete examples of contemporary developments in urban areas, and each chapter includes discussion questions and a list of key words and terms to help guide the reader.

Urban Green Spaces

Author : Viniece Jennings
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030104699
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Urban Green Spaces written by Viniece Jennings and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book crosses disciplinary boundaries to investigate how the benefits of green spaces can be further incorporated in public health. In this regard, the book highlights how ecosystem services provided by green spaces affect multiple aspects of human health and well-being, offering a strategic way to conceptualize the topic. For centuries, scholars have observed the range of health benefits associated with exposure to nature. As people continue to move to urban areas, it is essential to include green spaces in cities to ensure sustained human health and well-being. Such insights can not only advance the science but also spark interdisciplinary research and help researchers creatively translate their findings into benefits for the public. The book explores this topic in the context of ‘big picture’ frameworks that enhance communication between the environmental, public health, and social sciences.

Rethinking Urban Parks

Author : Setha M. Low
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 029277821X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Urban Parks written by Setha M. Low and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of public recreation space and how urban developers can encourage ethnic diversity through planning that supports multiculturalism. Urban parks such as New York City’s Central Park provide vital public spaces where city dwellers of all races and classes can mingle safely while enjoying a variety of recreations. By coming together in these relaxed settings, different groups become comfortable with each other, thereby strengthening their communities and the democratic fabric of society. But just the opposite happens when, by design or in ignorance, parks are made inhospitable to certain groups of people. This pathfinding book argues that cultural diversity should be a key goal in designing and maintaining urban parks. Using case studies of New York City’s Prospect Park, Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park, and Jacob Riis Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area, as well as New York’s Ellis Island Bridge Proposal and Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park, the authors identify specific ways to promote, maintain, and manage cultural diversity in urban parks. They also uncover the factors that can limit park use, including historical interpretive materials that ignore the contributions of different ethnic groups, high entrance or access fees, park usage rules that restrict ethnic activities, and park “restorations” that focus only on historical or aesthetic values. With the wealth of data in this book, urban planners, park professionals, and all concerned citizens will have the tools to create and maintain public parks that serve the needs and interests of all the public.

Urban Spaces

Author : Carles Broto
Publisher : Links International
ISBN 13 : 9788415492030
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Urban Spaces written by Carles Broto and published by Links International. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together the best public space projects of recent years, realized by architectural and landscape design studios of international renown. Each of the interventions is illustrated with full colour photographs, diagrams, drawings and a descriptive text by the designers, giving the reader access to the full complexity of the design and construction details. The result of an exhaustive survey of the field, this book will prove invaluable to architects, landscape designers and students wanting to keep up with the latest innovations in urban space design.

The Production of Alternative Urban Spaces

Author : Jens Kaae Fisker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351596640
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book The Production of Alternative Urban Spaces written by Jens Kaae Fisker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternative urban spaces across civic, private, and public spheres emerge in response to the great challenges that urban actors are currently confronted with. Labour markets are changing rapidly, the availability of affordable housing is under intensifying pressure, and public spaces have become battlegrounds of urban politics. This edited collection brings together contributors in order to spark an international dialogue about the production of alternative urban spaces through a threefold exploration of alternative spaces of work, dwelling, and public life. Seeking out and examining existing alternative urban spaces, the authors identify the elements that provide opportunities to create radically different futures for the world’s urban spaces. This volume is the culmination of an international search for alternative practices to dominant modes of capitalist urbanisation, bringing together interdisciplinary, empirically grounded chapters from hot spots in disparate cities around the world. Offering a multidisciplinary perspective, The Production of Alternative Urban Spaces will be of great interest to academics working across the fields of urban sociology, human geography, anthropology, political science, and urban planning. It will also be indispensable to any postgraduate students engaged in urban and regional studies.