Urban Design and People

Urban Design and People offers readers a thorough introduction into the field of urban design through a comprehensive survey of the processes necessary to implement urban design work. Providing complete coverage of the vocabulary, the rules, the structures the tools and the resources that are needed, this clear, concise text provides a comprehensive framework for understanding urban design principles and strategy. Arguing that urban design is both a collaboration and a process in which the different forces involved are knit together, the author examines the strategies and goals of the urban designer from a viewpoint of the private sector, community and public sector. The text also features many illustrations, drawings and photographs that will make practice and theory relevant and alive. 400 pages.

Table of Contents:

• 1. People and Place - how people have shaped their worlds.
• 2. Urban Design Traditions ? spatial models in the built world.
• 3. The Physical Environment - the places people occupy.
• 4. Human Activity - what people have to do, want to do and where they do it.
• 5. Connections - the infrastructure that connects people.
• 6. Design - design matters.
• 7. Change - change happens.
• 8. Organization - coordination and partnership.
• 9. Rules - that make places what they are.
• 10. Tools - using the right tool makes the job easier.
• 11. Techniques - using the tools.
• 12. Strategies - sample applications.