UID:
almahu_9949865745202882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages) :
,
illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781317337881
,
1317337883
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9781315660707
,
1315660709
,
9781317337867
,
1317337867
,
9781317337874
,
1317337875
Content:
To attract investment and tourists and to enhance the quality of life of their citizens, municipal authorities are paying considerable attention to the quality of the public domain of their cities - including their urban squares. Politicians find them good places for rallies. Children consider squares to be playgrounds, the elderly as places to catch-up with each other, and for many others squares are simply a place to pause for a moment. Urban Squares as Places, Links and Displays: Successes and Failures discusses how people experience squares and the nature of the people who use them. It presents a "typology of squares" based on the dimensions of ownership, the square's instrumental functions, and a series of their basic physical attributes including size, degree of enclosure, configuration and organization of the space within them and finally based on their aesthetic attributes - their meanings. Twenty case studies illustrate what works and what does not work in different cities around the world. It discusses the qualities of lively squares and quieter, more restorative places as well as what contributes to making urban squares less desirable as destinations for the general public. The book closes with the policy implications, stressing the importance and difficulties of designing good public places.
Note:
Types of Urban Squares and their Design -- Learning from Case Studies -- What Works and What Doesn't Work.
,
English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Lang, Jon T. Urban squares as places, links and displays. New York : Routledge, 2017 ISBN 9781138959279
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1138959278
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
Keywords:
Beispielsammlung
DOI:
10.4324/9781315660707
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315660707
URL:
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