Public places - urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design

Carmona, Matthew

Public places - urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design - Oxford Architectural Press 2003 - vii, 312p. ill. 25cm.

Includes discussion of the ideas, theories, research and practice of urban design. Explains the catalysts of change and renewal, and explores the global and local contexts and processes within which urban design operates. Presents six key dimensions of urban design theory and practice - the social, visual, functional, temporal, morphological and perceptual.

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