Planning and Place in the City - Mapping Place Identity

Zusatztext "...this book is a perfect addition to any urban practitioner's library! helping to pin down the vague concept of place identity and offering a range of approaches of analysis and assessment! ultimately making the case for the author's own PlaceMaker method." -Iris Levin! Flinders University of SA! The Brotherhood of St. Laurence Informationen zum Autor Marichela Sepe is a researcher with the Italian National Research Council in Naples. Since 2003! she has served as a professor! and as a member of the Research Doctorate Committee in Urban Design and Planning at the University of Naples. Sepe is on the Steering Committee of Inu - Instituto Nazionale di Urbanistica (Italian National Institute of Urban Planning)! and member of Urban Design Group and EURA (European Urban Research Association). Zusammenfassung How can cities retain their unique senses of history and place? Marichela Sepe's Planning and Place in the City explores new theoretical approaches to place, space, and planning and outlines new qualitative and digital methods that planners and preservationists can use in understanding and planning for the unique places they serve. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction: Planning the City – Mapping Place Identity Part I Definition of the Field of Investigation Section I Place and Place Identity as Key Concepts Section II New Places in the Contemporary City Part II Making Places for People Section I Place Analysis and Planning Methods Section II The PlaceMaker Method Part III Case Studies Section I Preserving Place Identity Section II Reconstructing Place Identity Section III Enhancing Place Identity Conclusion : Towards a Sustainable Place Identity. Notes. References. Index

Product details

• Authors: Marichela Sepe, Sepe Marichela
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2012
• EAN: 9780415664752
• ISBN: 978-0-415-66475-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, Architectural structure & design, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Architectural structure and design, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Civil engineering, surveying and building