Guide to Planning for Community Character

Informationen zum Autor Lane H. Kendig is the founder and former president of Kendig Keast Collaborative, a planning consulting firm. He is the author of Performance Zoning and Community Character , as well as many articles on planning. Bret C. Keast is president and owner of Kendig Keast Collaborative. Zusammenfassung This follow-up volume A Guide to Planning for Community Character addresses actual designs in the three general classes of communities set forth in Kendig's framework-urban! sub-urban! and rural. The practical approaches of this volume are intended to allow designers to succeed in designing communities "with the character that citizens actually want." Kendig also provides a guide for incorporating community character into the comprehensive plan for a community. In addition! this book shows how to use community character in planning and zoning as a way of making communities more sustainable. All examples in the volume are designed to meet real-world challenges. They show how to design a community so that the desired character is actually achieved in the built result. The book also provides useful tools for analyzing or measuring relevant design features.

Product details

• Authors: Kendig, Lane Kendig, Lane H Kendig, Lane H. Kendig, Kendig Lane H.
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2011
• EAN: 9781597266987
• ISBN: 978-1-59726-698-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Central / national / federal government policies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Central government policies, City and town planning: architectural aspects