Measuring Urban Design: Metrics for Livable Places - Couverture rigide

Ewing, Reid; Clemente, Otto

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1610911938 ISBN 13 : 9781610911931

Editeur : Island Press, 2013

Synopsis

Book by Ewing PhD Reid Clemente Otto

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

What makes strolling down a particular street enjoyable? The authors of 'Measuring Urban Design' argue it's not an idle question. Inviting streets are the centrepiece of thriving, sustainable communities, but it can be difficult to pinpoint the precise design elements that make an area appealing. This accessible guide removes the mystery, providing clear methods to measure urban design.

In recent years, many 'walking audit instruments' have been developed to measure qualities like building height, street length, and pavement width. But while easily quantifiable, these physical features do not fully capture the experience of walking down a street. In contrast, this book addresses broad perceptions of street environments. It provides operational definitions and measurement protocols of five intangible qualities of urban design, specifically: imageability, visual enclosure, human scale, transparency, and complexity.

The result is a reliable field survey instrument grounded in constructs from architecture, urban design, and planning. Readers will also find a case study applying the instrument to 588 streets in New York City, which shows that it can be used effectively to measure the built environment's impact on social, psychological, and physical well-being. Finally, readers will find illustrated, step-by-step instructions to use the instrument and a scoring sheet for easy calculation of urban design quality scores.

For the first time, researchers, designers, planners, and lay people have an empirically tested tool to measure those elusive qualities that make us want to take a stroll.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Reid Ewing is Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah and the author of Best Development Practices (9781884829109) and Growing Cooler (9780874200829). He is co-editor with Arthur C. Nelson of the Island Press series in Metropolitan Planning + Design. Reid lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Otto Clemente is a senior transportation planner working and living in the Washington, DC region.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Island Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1610911938
• ISBN 13: 9781610911931
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200