Public Places Urban Spaces:The Dimensions of Urban Design

by: Matthew Carmona (Author)

Publisher: Routledge

Edition: 3rd

Publication Date: 2021/2/15

Language: English

Print Length: 672 pages

ISBN-10: 1138067784

ISBN-13: 9781138067783

Book Description

Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear and systematic guide. In this new edition the book has been extensively revised and restructured. Carmona advances the idea of urban design as a continuous process of shaping places, fashioned in tu by shifting global, local and power contexts. At the heart of the book are eight key dimensions of urban design theory and practice―temporal, perceptual, morphological, visual, social, functional―and two new process dimensions―design goveance and place production.This extensively updated and revised third edition is more inteational in its scope and coverage, incorporating new thinking on technological impact, climate change adaptation, strategies for urban decline, cultural and social diversity, place value, healthy cities and more, all illustrated with nearly 1,000 carefully chosen images. Public Places Urban Spaces is a classic urban design text, and everyone in the field should own a copy.

About the Author

Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear and systematic guide. In this new edition the book has been extensively revised and restructured. Carmona advances the idea of urban design as a continuous process of shaping places, fashioned in tu by shifting global, local and power contexts. At the heart of the book are eight key dimensions of urban design theory and practice―temporal, perceptual, morphological, visual, social, functional―and two new process dimensions―design goveance and place production.This extensively updated and revised third edition is more inteational in its scope and coverage, incorporating new thinking on technological impact, climate change adaptation, strategies for urban decline, cultural and social diversity, place value, healthy cities and more, all illustrated with nearly 1,000 carefully chosen images. Public Places Urban Spaces is a classic urban design text, and everyone in the field should own a copy.

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