Urban design and people / Michael Dobbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobbins, Michael, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This introduction to the field of urban design offers a comprehensive survey of the processes necessary to implement urban design work, explaining the vocabulary, the rules, the tools, the structures, and the resources in clear and accessible style. Providing a comprehensive framework for understanding urban design principles and strategies, the author argues that urban design is both a process and a collaboration in which the different forces involved are knit together. Moving from the regional scale down to the scale of places, the book examines the goals and strategies of the urban designer

Contents:

Urban Design and People; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; PART ONE BACKGROUND; Setting the Stage; 1. People and Place; How People Have Shaped Their Worlds; Introduction; Antecedents; The 1960's; The "Movement" and the Civic Environment; Organizational Responses to the Rise of Citizen Participation; Growing Pains-The Challenges of Citizen Participation; Citizen Participation-Where We May Be Heading; Summary; 2. Urban Design Traditions; Design and People-Spatial Models in the Built World; Introduction; The Organic Tradition; The Formalist Tradition

The Modernist Tradition Interactions and Overlaps of the Three Traditions; Getting to Where We Are Today; Environmentalist Responses-From Exploitation to Balance; Design Responses-From Old Urbanism to New Urbanism, or Forward to the Past; Citizen Participation and Urban Design-From Receiver to Transmitter; The Place Design Disciplines-From Divergence to Convergence; Summary; PART TWO CONTENT; The Elements of Urban Design; 3. The Physical Environment; The Places People Occupy; The Natural World; The Built World-What People Have Done with It; Summary; 4. Human Activity; The Things People Do

What People Have to Do, Want to Do, and Where They Do It Summary; 5. Connections; The Infrastructure That Ties People and Places Together; Introduction; Transportation; Utilities; Communications; Summary; PART THREE PRINCIPLES; Principles for Urban Design Theory and Practice; 6. Design; Design Matters (or There's No "There" in There); Introduction; Good Design Makes Better Places; Design Places to Reflect the People Who Are or Will Be There; Design Places Consciously and Holistically; Design Is an Essential Skill; Beware of "Solutionism"; Design in the Context of Time (and Motion); Summary

7. Change Change Happens; Introduction; Change Dynamics; Framework for Understanding and Managing Change; Trends in Change Management; The Triad of Vision, Information, and Action; Provide for Choice; Be Ready; Summary; 8. Organization; Coordination and Partnership; Introduction; Leadership; Principles for Guiding Community Organizations; Principles for Guiding Private Sector Organizations; Principles for Guiding Government Organizations; Summary; PART FOUR PROCESSES; What It Takes to Get It Done; 9. Rules; That Make Places What They Are; Introduction; Zoning; Comprehensive Plans

Public Improvement Plans Subdivision; Public Works Standards; Land Development Rules at the State and Federal Levels; Special Purpose Rules; Building and Life Safety Rules; Financing Rules; Summary; 10. Tools; Using the Right Tool Makes the Job Easier; Introduction; Process Tools and Resources; Rules to Tools; Summary; 11. Techniques; Putting the Tools to Use; Introduction; The Pieces; Navigational Techniques; Summary; PART FIVE STRATEGIES; 12. Strategies; Merger of Processes and Resources; Introduction; Resources; Strategic Considerations for Communities

Strategic Considerations for Urban Designers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-378) and index.

ISBN:

1-118-17423-2

1-283-27307-1

9786613273079

1-118-17464-X

OCLC:

757395699