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To attract investment and tourists and to enhance the quality of
life of their citizens, municipal authorities are paying
considerable attention to the quality of the public domain of their
cities - including their urban squares. Politicians find them good
places for rallies. Children consider squares to be playgrounds,
the elderly as places to catch-up with each other, and for many
others squares are simply a place to pause for a moment. Urban
Squares as Places, Links and Displays: Successes and Failures
discusses how people experience squares and the nature of the
people who use them. It presents a 'typology of squares' based on
the dimensions of ownership, the square's instrumental functions,
and a series of their basic physical attributes including size,
degree of enclosure, configuration and organization of the space
within them and finally based on their aesthetic attributes - their
meanings. Twenty case studies illustrate what works and what does
not work in different cities around the world. It discusses the
qualities of lively squares and quieter, more restorative places as
well as what contributes to making urban squares less desirable as
destinations for the general public. The book closes with the
policy implications, stressing the importance and difficulties of
designing good public places. Urban Squares offers how-to guidance
along with a strong theoretical framework making it ideal for
architects, city planners and landscape architects working on the
design and upgrade of squares.
Increasing urbanization and increasing urban density put enormous
pressure on the relationships between people and place in cities.
Built environment professionals must pay attention to the impact of
people-place relationships in small- to large-scale urban
initiatives. A small playground in a neighborhood pocket park is an
example of a small-scale urban development; a national
environmental policy that influences energy sources is an example
of a large-scale initiative. All scales of decision-making have
implications for the people-place relationships present in cities.
This book presents new research in contemporary, interdisciplinary
urban challenges, and opportunities, and aims to keep the
people-place relationship debate in focus in the policies and
practices of built environment professionals and city managers.
Most urban planning and design decisions, even those on a small
scale, will remain in the urban built form for many decades,
conditioning people's experience of their city. It is important
that these decisions are made using the best available knowledge.
This book contains an interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary
urban movements and issues influencing the relationship between
people and place in urban environments around the world which have
major implications for both the processes and products of urban
planning, design, and management. The main purpose of the book is
to consolidate contemporary thinking among experts from a range of
disciplines including anthropology, environmental psychology,
cultural geography, urban design and planning, architecture and
landscape architecture, and the arts, on how to conceptualize and
promote healthy people and place relationships in the 21st-century
city. Within each of the chapters, the authors focus on their
specific areas of expertise which enable readers to understand key
issues for urban environments, urban populations, and the links
between them.
In 1801, some five years after Robert Burns' death, nine of his
friends sat down to dinner in what is now known as Burns Cottage in
Alloway to celebrate his extraordinary life and to give thanks for
his friendship. Over the years the informal theme from that evening
has developed into the ritual known as Burns Night. This
best-selling book is the essential guide for anyone intending to
hold or attend a Burns Night of any size. In addition to setting
out the order of events for the evening, the Burns Supper Companion
also offers fascinating insights into the traditions surrounding
Burns Night. Nancy Marshall has spent a large part of her life
living and working in Edinburgh. She read English Literature and
Medieval History at Edinburgh University, going on to write widely
about Scottish song and the poems and songs of Robert Burns.
Increasing urbanization and increasing urban density put enormous
pressure on the relationships between people and place in cities.
Built environment professionals must pay attention to the impact of
people-place relationships in small- to large-scale urban
initiatives. A small playground in a neighborhood pocket park is an
example of a small-scale urban development; a national
environmental policy that influences energy sources is an example
of a large-scale initiative. All scales of decision-making have
implications for the people-place relationships present in cities.
This book presents new research in contemporary, interdisciplinary
urban challenges, and opportunities, and aims to keep the
people-place relationship debate in focus in the policies and
practices of built environment professionals and city managers.
Most urban planning and design decisions, even those on a small
scale, will remain in the urban built form for many decades,
conditioning people's experience of their city. It is important
that these decisions are made using the best available knowledge.
This book contains an interdisciplinary discussion of contemporary
urban movements and issues influencing the relationship between
people and place in urban environments around the world which have
major implications for both the processes and products of urban
planning, design, and management. The main purpose of the book is
to consolidate contemporary thinking among experts from a range of
disciplines including anthropology, environmental psychology,
cultural geography, urban design and planning, architecture and
landscape architecture, and the arts, on how to conceptualize and
promote healthy people and place relationships in the 21st-century
city. Within each of the chapters, the authors focus on their
specific areas of expertise which enable readers to understand key
issues for urban environments, urban populations, and the links
between them.
To attract investment and tourists and to enhance the quality of
life of their citizens, municipal authorities are paying
considerable attention to the quality of the public domain of their
cities - including their urban squares. Politicians find them good
places for rallies. Children consider squares to be playgrounds,
the elderly as places to catch-up with each other, and for many
others squares are simply a place to pause for a moment. Urban
Squares as Places, Links and Displays: Successes and Failures
discusses how people experience squares and the nature of the
people who use them. It presents a 'typology of squares' based on
the dimensions of ownership, the square's instrumental functions,
and a series of their basic physical attributes including size,
degree of enclosure, configuration and organization of the space
within them and finally based on their aesthetic attributes - their
meanings. Twenty case studies illustrate what works and what does
not work in different cities around the world. It discusses the
qualities of lively squares and quieter, more restorative places as
well as what contributes to making urban squares less desirable as
destinations for the general public. The book closes with the
policy implications, stressing the importance and difficulties of
designing good public places. Urban Squares offers how-to guidance
along with a strong theoretical framework making it ideal for
architects, city planners and landscape architects working on the
design and upgrade of squares.
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