Living streets : strategies for crafting public space / Lesley Bain, Barbara Gray, Dave Rodgers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bain, Lesley, 1955-

Contributor:

Gray, Barbara, 1966-

Rodgers, Dave, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Sustainable urban development.

Community development.

Physical Description:

xvi, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2012]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

"Serves to provide practical guidance on the complete street approach to sustainable and community-minded street and road design. Written for teams of engineers, transportation 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470903810

0470903813

OCLC:

749857747