Format:
1 online resource (370 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781118845813
Content:
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the decision-making and implementation processes of urban design. The Second Edition has been fully revised to include thorough coverage of sustainability issues and to integrate new case studies into the core concepts discussed.
Content:
Intro -- Urban Design for an Urban Century: Shaping More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient Cities -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Urban Design: A Social and Civic Art -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Roots of Western Urban Form: Centralization -- First Cities -- Rebirth of European Cities: "Organic" Cities of the Late Middle Ages -- Reintroduction of Classical Learning: "Geometric" Cities of the Renaissance -- The Emergence of Merchant Cities: Integrating Renaissance Ideas and the Marketplace -- The Grid Reaches the New World -- The Industrial Revolution -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Decentralization: The Rise and Decline of Industrial Cities -- Proto-Urban Design: Rejecting a Classical Past to Shape an Industrial Future -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Recentralization: The Forces Shaping Twenty-First-Century Urbanism -- New York Stock Exchange Financial District Streetscapes and Security (New York, New York) -- Walkability Displaces Cars as the Genesis of Urban Form -- District of Columbia Streetcar Land Use Study (Washington, D.C.) -- Forces Shaping Twenty-First-Century Urbanism -- Chicago Decarbonization Plan (Chicago) -- Fayetteville 2030: Transit City Scenario (Fayetteville, Arkansas) -- South Coast Rail Economic and Land Use Plan (Massachusetts) -- Citygarden (St. Louis, Missouri) -- UrbanRiver Visions (Massachusetts) -- Campus Martius Park (Detroit, Michigan) -- The Future of Pittsburgh Hillsides (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) -- Emscher Landscape Park (Ruhr Valley, Germany) -- SW Ecodistrict (Washington, D.C.) -- Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan (Portland, Oregon) -- East Baltimore Comprehensive Physical Redevelopment Plan (Baltimore, Maryland) -- Torre David Informal Settlement (Caracas, Venezuela) -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Recentralization: Twenty-First-Century Urbanism Takes Shape -- Traveling Along the Smart Growth Transect.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
,
Urban Design for an Urban Century: Shaping More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient Cities; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Urban Design: A Social and Civic Art; Notes; Chapter 1: Roots of Western Urban Form: Centralization; First Cities; Rebirth of European Cities: "Organic" Cities of the Late Middle Ages; Reintroduction of Classical Learning: "Geometric" Cities of the Renaissance; The Emergence of Merchant Cities: Integrating Renaissance Ideas and the Marketplace; The Grid Reaches the New World; The Industrial Revolution; Notes
,
Chapter 2: Decentralization: The Rise and Decline of Industrial CitiesProto-Urban Design: Rejecting a Classical Past to Shape an Industrial Future; Notes; Chapter 3: Recentralization: The Forces Shaping Twenty-First-Century Urbanism; New York Stock Exchange Financial District Streetscapes and Security (New York, New York); Walkability Displaces Cars as the Genesis of Urban Form; District of Columbia Streetcar Land Use Study (Washington, D.C.); Forces Shaping Twenty-First-Century Urbanism; Chicago Decarbonization Plan (Chicago); Fayetteville 2030: Transit City Scenario (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
,
South Coast Rail Economic and Land Use Plan (Massachusetts)Citygarden (St. Louis, Missouri); UrbanRiver Visions (Massachusetts); Campus Martius Park (Detroit, Michigan); The Future of Pittsburgh Hillsides (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Emscher Landscape Park (Ruhr Valley, Germany); SW Ecodistrict (Washington, D.C.); Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan (Portland, Oregon); East Baltimore Comprehensive Physical Redevelopment Plan (Baltimore, Maryland); Torre David Informal Settlement (Caracas, Venezuela); Notes; Chapter 4: Recentralization: Twenty-First-Century Urbanism Takes Shape
,
Traveling Along the Smart Growth TransectEastward Ho! (Southeast Florida); Charlottesville Commercial Corridor Study (Charlottesville, Virginia); Crystal City Vision Plan 2050 (Arlington, Virginia); Sandy Springs City Center Master Plan (Sandy Springs, Georgia); Portland Streetcar (Portland, Oregon); Belmar (Lakewood, Colorado); Bryant Park (New York, New York); Parc André Citröen (Paris, France); Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York); Discovery Green (Houston, Texas); Cheonggyecheon Stream Daylighting (Seoul, South Korea); LA Live (Los Angeles, California); Marina Barrage (Singapore)
,
Masdar City (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)HafenCity (Hamburg, Germany); The Costs of Success; Fairmount Line Smart-Growth Corridor (Boston, Massachusetts); Ellen Wilson Neighborhood Redevelopment (Washington, D.C.); Balancing Individual and Community: The Public Realm; North Wharf Promenade/Jellicoe Street/Silo Park (Auckland, New Zealand); Millennium Park (Chicago, Illinois); The High Line (New York, New York); Parco San Giuliano (Venice, Italy); Swiss Government Plaza (Bern, Switzerland); Tanner Springs Park (Portland, Oregon); Railroad Park (Birmingham, Alabama)
,
Superkilen Park, Nørrebro (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Additional Edition:
9781118453636
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781118453636
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
