New Urbanism :  life, work, and space in the new downtown. /  txt 
edited by Ilse Helbrecht and Peter Dirksmeier. 
 - First Published 
 - vi, 190 p.   ill. ; maps ;   25 cm.  book 
 - Design and the Built Environment Series  New urbanism: life, work, and space in the new downtown .
<br/><br/> Include index 
<br/><br/>Contents : <br/>List of Figures vii --<br/>List of Tables ix --<br/>Acknowledgements xi --<br/>1 New Downtowns : A New Form of Centrality and Urbanity in World Society Ilse Helbrecht and Peter Dirksmeier 1 --<br/>2 Planning Urbanity A Contradiction in Terms? Loretta Lees 23 --<br/>3 Public Spaces for the 21st Century Jan Gehl 39 --<br/>4 Waterfront Redevelopment : Global Processes and Local Contingencies in Vancouver’s False Creek David Ley 47 --<br/>5 Planning for Creativity : The Transformation of the Amsterdam Eastern Docklands Robert Kloosterman 61 --<br/>6 From the Old Downtown to the New Downtown : The Case of the South Boston Waterfront Susanne Hegg 85 --<br/>7 Grasping, Creating and Commercialising Trends, Styles and Zeitgeist : The Role of Urbanity with Regard to Working in Flexible, Specialised Project Networks as Illustrated by the Media Industry Ivo Mossig 107 --<br/>8 Major Town Planning Projects in Urban Renaissance : Structuring Property Sales for Future Urbanity ? Maike Dziomba 121 --<br/>9 Neighbourliness in the City Centre : Reality and Potential in the Case of the Hamburg HafenCity Ingrid Breckner and Marcus Menzl 133 --<br/>10 Assessment of the Effects of the Built Environment for the Organisation of Social Processes Thomas Perry 149 --<br/>11 Can Urbanity be Planned? Comments on the Development of Public Spaces in the HafenCity of Hamburg Claus C. Wiegandt 175 --<br/>12 The Virtue of Diversity Rolf Lindner 175 --<br/>Index 187 --<br/> List of Figures : <br/>3.1 Illustration from New City Life 40 --<br/>3.2 Federation Square Melbourne a contemporary city space for people 43 --<br/>3.3 Melbourne street zones 44 --<br/>4.1 False Creek, Vancouver 52 --<br/>5.1 Amsterdam docklands 64 --<br/>6.1 View of the Government Center with harbour in the background 92 --<br/>6.2 Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Quincy Market 96 --<br/>6.3 The market for condominiums in downtown Boston (sales between January and June each year ) 101 --<br/>7.1 Development of turnover in the media industry in Germany in comparison with the gross democratic product (GDP) as indicator for the overall economic development 1980 – 2005 109 --<br/>7.2 Composition of the project network for the production of a TV movie 114 --<br/>8.1 Main part of the major project HafenCity (animation) 124 --<br/>10. 1 Wohn Wissen the analysis tool 153 --<br/>10.2 Example of micro geographical data: small scale milieu fluctuation 155 --<br/>10.3 The social milieus 158 --<br/> List of Tables :<br/>1.1 Characteristics of the old new downtown 5 --<br/>1.2 Overview of the stages of development in Kopenhagen Orestad, March 2008 8 --<br/>2.1 An elastic but targeted definition or urbanity for planners 34 --<br/>5.1 Total population and share of private housing in the Amsterdam Eastern Docklands 2005 77 --<br/>5.2 Economic activities in the Amsterdam Eastern Docklands ; total number of workers, firms and share of creative industries 2005 78 --<br/>6.1 Population development in Boston and the neighbourhood of South Boston 89 --<br/>8.1 General information on the major project HafenCity Hamburg 123 --<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781409431350 9781409431367  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urban renewal.<br/>City planning.<br/>Central business districts.<br/>City and town life.<br/>Sociology, Urban.<br/>Urbanization.<br/>Sociology urban<br/>Central business districts
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT170  / N49 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.3/416