TY - BOOK AU - Bain,Lesley AU - Gray,Barbara AU - Rodgers,Dave TI - Living streets: strategies for crafting public space SN - 9780470903810 AV - HT165.5 B35 2012 U1 - 711/.4 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - City planning KW - Local KW - ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning KW - bisacsh KW - Community development KW - Sustainable urban development N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-309) and index; "Written for teams of engineers, transportation planners, landscape architects, and urban planners, this book provides a broad overview of the growing approach towards complete and sustainable street design. Its contents present the background on modern street design and where it has failed, describe a series of street typologies, and demonstrate, through geographically diverse case studies, the applicable lessons learned from each. Featuring examples from over two dozen completed street design projects around the world, it provides practical guidance on the complete street approach to sustainable and community-minded street and road design"--planners, landscape architects and urban planners, the book provides a broad overview of the design and policy tools that have been successful, presents background on modern street design and where it has failed in many aspects, describes a series of street typologies, and demonstrates, through a variety of geographically diverse case studies, the applicable lessons learned from each"-- ER -