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Design first : design-based planning for communities /
Well-grounded in the history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism, this illustrated textbook sets out objectives, policies and design principles for planning new communities and redeveloping existing urban neighborhoods. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explain how better plans...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Architectural,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Credits; Introduction; 1 Paradigms lost and found dilemmas of the Anglo-American city; 2 Cities, suburbs and sprawl; 3 Traditional urbanism: New Urbanism and Smart Growth; 4 Devices and designs: sources of good urbanism; 5 Growth management, development control and the role of urban design; 6 Urban design in the real world; 7 The region; 8 The City; 9 The Town; 10 The neighborhood; 11 The block; APPENDIX I The charter of the congress of the new urbanism; APPENDIX II Smart growth principles; APPENDIX III Extracts from a typical design-based zoning ordinance.