The Urban Design Process

The Urban Design Process
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Publisher : Concise Guides to Planning
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1848222882
ISBN-13 : 9781848222885
Rating : 4/5 (885 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Urban Design Process by : Philip Black

Download or read book The Urban Design Process written by Philip Black and published by Concise Guides to Planning. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with a brief history of contemporary urban design, the book tracks urban design's roots in architecture and planning and identifies how and why it has emerged as a separate discipline. It then sets out the principles and key criteria that underpin urban design and explains how urban designers interpret policy, baseline data, and graphical analysis to present an understanding of place and space. The book concludes by highlighting a number of growing urban challenges facing cities today, discussing how urban design can play a leading role in tackling issues connected with climate change, globalisation, and technological advancements, and positively respond to the current and future needs of society.


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