Syntax of City Space - American Urban Grids

Table des matières

Introduction: The American Urban Object
PART I
FORMAL COMPOSITION
1 The Regular Grid as Historical Object
2 The Regular Grid as Historical Subject
3 The Essential Right Angle
4 The Regular Grid in America
PART II
FORM AND SPACE
5 The Spatial Logic of American Cities
6 The Grid as Generator
PART III
SPATIAL CONFIGURATION
7 Order and Structure in the Regular Grid
8 Complexity and Pattern in the City
9 Learning from the Grid
Conclusion: The Tapestry Being Woven
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
About the Author

A propos de l'auteur

Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A, is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He is a graduate of Clemson University, University College London, and the University of London.

Résumé

The Syntax of City Space: American Urban Grids explores the urban morphology of American cities. It argues American cities do represent a radical departure in the history of town planning while, simultaneously, still being subject to the same processes linking the urban network and function found in other types of cities around the world.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ruth Conroy Dalton, Mark Major, Mark David Major, Mark David Dalton Major, Major Mark David
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138301573
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30157-3
• Pages: 244
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; USA, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, The environment, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban communities, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Transport planning and policy, Transport planning & policy