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Public places - urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design

By: Contributor(s): Language: eng. Publication details: Oxford Architectural Press 2003Description: vii, 312p. ill. 25cmISBN:
  • 0750636327
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 711.52
Summary: 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.

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.