Syntax of City Space - American Urban Grids

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Mark David Major! AICP! CNU-A! is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He is a graduate of Clemson University! University College London! and the University of London. Zusammenfassung The Syntax of City Space: American Urban Grids explores the urban morphology of American cities. It argues American cities do represent a radical departure in the history of town planning while, simultaneously, still being subject to the same processes linking the urban network and function found in other types of cities around the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The American Urban Object PART I FORMAL COMPOSITION 1 The Regular Grid as Historical Object 2 The Regular Grid as Historical Subject 3 The Essential Right Angle 4 The Regular Grid in America PART II FORM AND SPACE 5 The Spatial Logic of American Cities 6 The Grid as Generator PART III SPATIAL CONFIGURATION 7 Order and Structure in the Regular Grid 8 Complexity and Pattern in the City 9 Learning from the Grid Conclusion: The Tapestry Being Woven Acknowledgments Bibliography Illustration Credits Index About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Conroy Dalton, Mark Major, Mark David Major, Major Mark David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138301566
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30156-6
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); USA, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, The environment, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban communities, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Transport planning and policy, Transport planning & policy