TY - BOOK TI - Public places urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design SN - 9781138067783 AV - HT 166 .C37 2021 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - CITY PLANNING N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -