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"Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities traces the history of street design and layout, critiques the situation we are in today, and suggests alternatives that are less rigidly controlled, more flexible, and responsive to local conditions. Originally published in 1997, this edition include...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Southworth, Michael
Otros Autores: Ben-Joseph, Eran
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, 2003.
Temas:
Streets > Design.
City planning.
Streets > Standards.
Rues > Normes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
City planning
Streets > Design
Streets > Standards
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Street Standards and the Built Environment
  • Ch. 1: Gritty Cities and Picturesque Villages
  • Ch. 2: Orderly Streets for Healthy Cities
  • Ch. 3: Streets for the Motor Age
  • Ch. 4: Bureaucracy Takes Control
  • Ch. 5: Streets for Living
  • Ch. 6: Tomorrow's Streets
  • Appendix A: Chronology of Events in theDevelopment of Residential Street Standards
  • Appendix B: A Graphic Survey of Street Cross Sections
  • Appendix C: Narrow Streets Data
  • Chapter End Notes
  • Other References
  • Index.

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