Public places urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design / Matthew Carmona.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, c2021Edition: Third EditionDescription: xviii, 672 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cmISBN:

9781138067783

Subject(s):

CITY PLANNING

LOC classification:

HT 166 .C37 2021

Contents:

Urban design process: shaping better places -- The shifting contexts for urban design -- The temporal dimension -- The perceptual dimension -- The morphological dimension -- The visual dimension -- The social dimension -- The functional dimension -- The design governance dimension -- The place production dimension.

Summary: 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 re-structured. Carmona advances the idea of urban design as a continuous process of shaping places, fashioned in turn 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 governance and place production.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture General Circulation	Environmental Planning	GC HT 166 .C37 2021 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.2	Available		NULIB000020622
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture General Circulation	Architecture	GC HT 166 .C37 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000018721

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 re-structured. Carmona advances the idea of urban design as a continuous process of shaping places, fashioned in turn 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 governance and place production.

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