Urban design : three types of continuity, case studies / by John Yarwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yarwood, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Case studies.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is about three different types of continuity from historic precedent to current practice in the field of urban planning and particularly that of urban design. The book begins by defining, describing and analyzing the three forms, which are: Urban conservation, Cultural tourism, and Permanencies or Persistencies of Form. The book cites examples of each such case which the author worked on. (However, cases concerning (i) the Middle East and (ii) war, disaster and disintegr...

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 15, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6793-4

OCLC:

892243596