The street : a quintessential social public space / Vikas Mehta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mehta, Vikas, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Streets.

Public spaces.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Good cities are places of social encounter. Creating public spaces that encourage social behavior in our cities and neighborhoods is an important goal of city design. One of the cardinal roles of the street, as public space, is to provide a setting for sociability. How do we make sociable streets? This book shows us how these ordinary public spaces can be planned and designed to become settings that support an array of social behaviors. Through carefully crafted research, The Street systematically examines people's actions and perceptions, develops a comprehensive typology of social behaviors on the neighborhood commercial street and provides a thorough inquiry into the social dimensions of streets. Vikas Mehta shows that sociability is not a result of the physical environment alone, but is achieved by the relationships between the physical environment, the land uses, their management, and the places to which people assign special meanings. Scholars and students of urban design, planning, architecture, geography and sociology will find the book a stimulating resource. The material is also directly applicable to practice and should be widely read by professional urban designers, planners, architects, and others involved in the design, planning, and implementation of commercial streets"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. A ubiquitous urban space for people

2. The street evolving : a brief social history

3. Everyday social behavior as a basis for design

4. Three streets

5. Sociable streets : a typology of social behaviors

6. Needs for social behavior on streets

7. Making sociable streets : guidelines and application.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 02, 2020)

ISBN:

9781135079888

1135079889

9780203067635

0203067630

9781299279827

1299279821

9781135079895

1135079897

OCLC:

830160923