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Item Details
Title:
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THE STREET
A QUINTESSENTIAL SOCIAL PUBLIC SPACE |
By: |
Vikas Mehta |
Format: |
Electronic book text |

List price:
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£48.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1135079889 |
ISBN 13: |
9781135079888 |
Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
5 March, 2013 |
Pages: |
256 |
Synopsis: |
Received the Environmental Design Research Association's 2014 Place Book AwardShortlisted for the UDG Francis Tibbalds Book Award 2014Good cities are places of social encounter. Creating public spaces that encourage social behavior in our cities and neighborhoods is an important goal of city design. One of the cardinal roles of the street, as public space, is to provide a setting for sociability. How do we make sociable streets? This book shows us how these ordinary public spaces can be planned and designed to become settings that support an array of social behaviors. Through carefully crafted research, The Street systematically examines people's actions and perceptions, develops a comprehensive typology of social behaviors on the neighborhood commercial street and provides a thorough inquiry into the social dimensions of streets.Vikas Mehta shows that sociability is not a result of the physical environment alone, but is achieved by the relationships between the physical environment, the land uses, their management, and the places to which people assign special meanings.Scholars and students of urban design, planning, architecture, geography and sociology will find the book a stimulating resource. The material is also directly applicable to practice and should be widely read by professional urban designers, planners, architects, and others involved in the design, planning, and implementation of commercial streets. |
Illustrations: |
20 Tables, black and white; 100 Illustrations, black and white |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Routledge |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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