Streets and Patterns

Zusatztext 'Marshall's contribution is the opening of a systematic exploration of network structures and the development of a number of new approaches to deal with the problems implied. I am sure that his book will become a key reference in the literature on urban and transport network form.' -DISP 2005'Athoughtful and significant contribution to the growing body of formal knowledge on our urban realm ... An entirely worthwhile study.' - Trenton Oldfield! Civic Focus! Winter 2005/06'This is one of the most exciting books the reviewers have read this year ... [it] would be of the most interest to students and researchers ... as well as to practitioners who are looking for a useful guideline for better urban design.' - Transport Reviews Informationen zum Autor Marshall, Stephen Zusammenfassung This book sets out a series of concepts of street structure, offering a framework for design of street networks and addressing issues of sustainable transport and urbanism. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Challenge 3. Street Type and Hierarchy 4. Pattern Type 5. Route Structure 6. Connectivity and Complexity 7. The Constitution of Structure 8. Modes! Streets and Places 9. From Streets to Patterns 10. Conclusions Appendices Glossary [Notes] Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Marshall, Stephen (Bartlett School of Planning Marshall
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9781138130548
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13054-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, ARCHITECTURE / Study & Teaching, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography, Transport planning and policy, Transport planning & policy, Civil engineering, surveying and building