Urban design downtown : poetics and politics of form /

"The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of Urban Design Do...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, 1958-
Otros Autores: Banerjee, Tridib
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
Temas:
City planning > California > Case studies.
Central business districts > California > Case studies.
Urban policy > California > Case studies.
Design urbain > Californie > Cas, Études de.
Centres-villes > Californie > Cas, Études de.
Politique urbaine > Californie > Cas, Études de.
Politique urbaine > Californie > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.
Central business districts
City planning
Urban policy
Stadsplanning.
Kantoren.
City (geografie)
Communities - Urban Groups.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Stadsplanering.
California
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of Urban Design Downtown explore the poetics of design and the politics and economics of development decisions, offering a critical appraisal of the emerging appearance and design of downtown urban form."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxix, 350 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-344) and index.
ISBN:9780520919327
0520919327
0585047804
9780585047805
9780520209305
0520209303

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