Planning for Urban Quality - Urban Design in Towns and Cities (Hardcover, New Ed)

Rapid regeneration of city areas has placed the quality of urban design high on public and policy agendas worldwide. This work examines the achievement of quality in the urban environment, in a planning context. Tracing urban design from its roots, the authors draw on both historical and current practices to examine the key physical, political and economic forces at play and the social pressures and impacts brought about by both failures and achievements in urban design. This illustrated critique of towns and cities draws on examples from across Western Europe, South Africa and USA to examine both public and private sector development practices, controls and fiscal policies within a diverse range of localities. The authors indicate the need for a reinstitution of region-provincial approaches, for closer co-ordination bewteen sectors, and revised fiscal policies in planning and development in order to enhance the quality of urban social experience and environments.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Michael Parfect • Gordon Power
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	260
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-15967-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Computer modelling & simulation Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > General Books > Computing & IT > Computer software packages > Computer graphics software > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-15967-9
Barcode:	9780415159678

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