Urban Landscape Priorities, Opportunities and Prospect

Urban Landscape Priorities, Opportunities and Prospect focuses on current planning and design priorities and opportunities for the enhancement of future urban landscape contexts. Current priorities include walkability, access, urban greening and climate mitigation. These and other priorities are viewed as challenges for cities and towns, but also as potential opportunities for future urban landscape contexts.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Urban Landscape Priorities, Opportunities, and Prospect; 2. Priorities and Strategies; 3. Climate Mitigation, Urban Greening, and Access; 4. Nature, Health, and Social Amenities; 5. Inductive and Deductive Priorities and Strategies; 6. Access, Experience and Urban Identity; 7. Future Priorities and Opportunities.

About the author

Philip N. Pregill is Professor of Landscape Architecture at California State University, Pomona. His academic interests include urban landscape planning and design.

Product details

• Authors: Philip N Pregill, Philip N. Pregill
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2022, delayed
• EAN: 9781839986178
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-617-8
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design