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Zusatztext Years on the front lines of urban design! advocacy & teaching have equipped (the authors) with a considerable store of wisdom? - The Charlotte Observer?for all citizens with an interest in what might be taking shape outside their front doors and down their streets. - The Charlotte Observer?.written with well-founded confidence that new planning projects in this region can hold lessons for national -- even international audiences. - The Charlotte Observer ... the book falls into the classic format epitomized by Robert Venturis' Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. - New Urban NewsThe scope of the material is exhaustive. - New Urban NewsThe book is a lucid and welcome addition to the literature for many reasons - Planning Magazine Informationen zum Autor David Walters Klappentext Offering history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism! this illustrated textbook sets out objectives! policies and design principles for planning communities. It explains how better plans and places can be created by applying the three-dimensional principles of urban design and physical place-making to planning problems. Zusammenfassung Offering history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism, this illustrated textbook sets out objectives, policies and design principles for planning communities. It explains how better plans and places can be created by applying the three-dimensional principles of urban design and physical place-making to planning problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Key Principles! Concepts and Methods; I. History: a. Paradigms Lost: Dilemmas of the Anglo-American City in the 20th century! b. Approaches to Development Control: American and British Principles and Practice! c. Traditional Urbanism: Origins! Parallels and Developments of "New Urbanism"; II. Theory: a. Sources of Good Urbanism: European and American Models! b. Public Space versus Cyberspace: Why we need "Real" Urban Space! c. Urban Design Principles: Typologies andVariations! d. Land use! Transportation and Building Form: Zoning v. Design based Ordinances! e. Managed Growth and the Market Economy: PlanningStandards and Development Incentives! f. Community-based Design: Building Consensus by Working in Detail; III. Practice: a. Setting Goals: Public andPrivate Agendas! b. Anglo-American Variations: Private Property and the Communal Good! c. The Design Workshop: Participation! Process and Product!d. The Master Plan: Site-specific Solutions! e. Implementation Strategies: Urban Design Guidelines! Economic Development Strategies and Design-basedRegulations; IV. Case Studies: a. The Region: CORE (Centre of the Region Enterprise) City of Raleigh! N.C.! b. The City: West Raleigh! City of Raleigh!N.C.! c. The Town: Mint Hill! N.C.! d. The Neighbourhood: Haynie-Sirrine! Greenville! S.C.! e. The Urban Block: Cornelius N.C. Town Centre; V. Afterword ...
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Offering history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism, this illustrated textbook sets out objectives, policies and design principles for planning communities. It explains how better plans and places can be created by applying the three-dimensional principles of urban design and physical place-making to planning problems.
