02657nam a22003497a 4500 pucpr 20250429102641.0 071310s20032008 a frbi 001 0 eng 9780750636322 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET HT166 C315 2008 Carmona, Matthew. 207716 Public Places, Urban Spaces : the dimensions of urban design. / Matthew Carmona. txt First edition Oxford, UK : Architectural Press , 2008. vii, 312p. ill. ; plans ; 24 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Includes Index. Includes bibliographical references (p.291-304) Contents: Acknowledgements iv -- Preface v -- PART I THE CONTEXT FOR URBAN DESIGN -- 1 Urban design today 3 -- 2 Urban change 20 -- 3 Contexts for urban design 36 -- PART II THE DIMENSIONS OF URBAN DESIGN -- 4 The morphological dimension 61 -- 5 The perpetual dimension 87 -- 6 The social dimension 106 -- 7 The visual dimension 130 -- 8 The functional dimension 165 -- 9 The temporal dimension 193 -- PART III IMPLEMENTING URBAN DESIGN -- 10 The development process 213 -- 11 The control process 237 -- 12 The communication process 263 -- 13 Holistic urban design 283 -- Bibliography 291 -- Index 305 -- Public Places - Urban Spaces is a holistic guide to the many complex and interacting dimensions of urban design. The discussion moves systematically through ideas, theories, research and the practice of urban design from an unrivalled range of sources. It aids the reader by gradually building the concepts one upon the other towards a total view of the subject. The author team explain the catalysts of change and renewal, and explore the global and local contexts and processes within which urban design operates. The book presents six key dimensions of urban design theory and practice - the social, visual, functional, temporal, morphological and perceptual - allowing it to be dipped into for specific information, or read from cover to cover. This is a clear and accessible text that provides a comprehensive discussion of this complex subject -- Architectural design. 54078 Local Urban landscape architecture 286630 City planning 73701 Local Heath, Tim 1964- 302190 Oc, Taner 1944- 302191 Tiesdell, Steven 302192 lcc 6 First edition HT166 General C315 2008 217439 217439 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2009-09-08 amazon 33.01 450892 2 1 General HT166 C315 2008 91000000005736 2025-08-29 12:52:16 2019-10-30 1 43.01 2009-09-08 6