基本信息出版社：Architectural Press
页码：320 页
出版日期：2003年02月
ISBN：0750636327
条形码：9780750636322
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
外文书名：公共场所: 城市空间

内容简介 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.

* Learn all you need to know about design of urban spaces from this one-stop introductory guide
*Gain a comprehensive overview of the topic through the authors' holistic approach
*Complex ideas are presented logically for ease of understanding
作者简介 He is currently a member of the RTPI General Assembly. He is on the editorial board of 'Urban Design Quarterly', is Book Reviews Editor for the 'Journal of Urban Design', and series editor for the 'Design in the Built Environment' research text series from Ashgate.
媒体推荐 ...a thorough and workman-like reference for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of urban design.
Architect's Journal

'This will become the standard textbook on its subject, and deservedly so.'
Robert Cowan, Director, Urban Design Group, UK. -- Review
编辑推荐 The book looks at different theories of urban design, the context within which design takes place and dimensions of urban design.
- April 2003, Inside Housing

A self-described 'exposition of the different, but intimately related, dimensions of urban design', this book takes a holistic approach in order to be both an overview and general guide. ...The book is well organised; its uncomplicated style makes for rapid reading and easy comprehension. ...a thorough and workman-like reference for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of urban design.
- May 2003, The Architects' Journal

'This will become the standard textbook on its subject, and deservedly so.'
Robert Cowan, Director, Urban Design Group, UK

'...the result is practical, helpful, packed with useful information and easy to understand...this is the book I wish I had written!'
Sebastian Loew, Urban Design