Everyday Streets : Inclusive approaches to understanding and designing streets / edited by Agustina Martire, Birgit Hausleitner, Jane Clossick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martire, Agustina, editor.

Hausleitner, Birgit, editor.

Clossick, Jane, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Social aspects.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 360 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : UCL Press, 2023.

Summary:

Everyday streets are both the most used and most undervalued ofcities' public spaces. They are places of social aggregation,bringing together those belonging to different classes, genders,ages, ethnicities and nationalities. They comprise not just thefamiliar outdoor spaces that we use to move and interact but alsourban blocks, interiors, depths and hinterlands, which are integralto their nature and contribute to their vitality. Everyday streetsare physically and socially shaped by the lives of the people andthings that inhabit them through a reciprocal dance with multipleoverlapping temporalities. The primary focus of this book is aninclusive approach to understanding and designing everyday streets.It offers an analysis of many aspects of everyday streets fromcities around the globe. From the regular rectilinear urban blocksof Montreal to the military-regulated narrow alleyways of Naples,and from the resilient market streets of London to the crammedcommercial streets of Chennai, the streets in this book were allconceived with a certain level of control. <em>EverydayStreets</em> is a palimpsest of methods, perspectives andrecommendations that together provide a solid understanding ofeveryday streets, their degree of inclusiveness, and to what extentthey could be more inclusive.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-80008-440-4