Urban Design and People

Urban Design and People
by Michael Dobbins
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 2009-04-13
ISBN-10: 0470138165
ISBN-13: 9780470138168
Language: English
Pages: 400
Description:

This introduction to the field of urban design offers a comprehensive survey of the processes necessary to implement urban design work, explaining the vocabulary, the rules, the tools, the structures, and the resources in clear and accessible style. Providing a comprehensive framework for understanding urban design principles and strategies, the author argues that urban design is both a process and a collaboration in which the different forces involved are knit together. Moving from the regional scale down to the scale of places, the book examines the goals and strategies of the urban designer from the viewpoints of the private sector, public sector, and community. The text is illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings that make theory and practice relevant and alive

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