Grid/ Street/ Place: Essential Elements of Sustainable Urban Districts - Couverture rigide

Cherry, Nathan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1932364722 ISBN 13 : 9781932364729

Editeur : American Planning Association, 2009

Synopsis

Today's urban resident is seeking a more flexible, sustainable environment-representing a unique, diverse, vibrant, and responsible way of living-as an alternative to the typical development patterns of suburban and semi-urban sprawl. Can urban design help create this type of sustainable urbanism? Grid Street Place presents a unique approach to understanding urban design through scientific, empirical research. The authors examined more than 100 successful projects throughout North America to identify differences and commonalities, and they discovered universal elements that characterize sustainable urban districts. By applying these essential elements, designers and developers can recreate and extend the experience of successful places to their communities. Myriad plans, sections, diagrams, and charts illustrate how each district work-at an extremely detailed level. Concrete examples, as opposed to generalities, make Grid Street Place a must-read for anyone interested in the working strategies of urban design.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nathan B. Cherry, AICP, is vice president and director of the Planning and Urban Design Group of RTKL Associates

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Planning Association
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1932364722
• ISBN 13: 9781932364729
• Reliure: Turtleback
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible