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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The Evolution of Downtown Form. 1. The Changing Face of Downtown. 2. Models of Downtown Design. 3. Corporate Production of Downtown Space
  • pt. 2. The Politics of Development. 4. The Politics of Place Making. 5. The Two Faces of Downtown. 6. Public Life and Space in Transition
  • pt. 3. The Poetics of Form. 7. The Poetics of Corporate Open Spaces. 8. One Percent Aesthetics. 9. Theming and Stage Setting: The Story of Production and Promotion. 10. Postmodern Urban Form. Epilogue: Challenges for Downtown Urban Design.

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