Urban transformation : understanding city design and form /
By: Bosselmann, Peter.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2008Description: xxi, 310 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781597264808 (alk. paper); 9781597264808:; 1597264806 (alk. paper); 9781597264815 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1597264814 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Cities and towns -- Study and teaching | Sociology, Urban -- Study and teaching | Social structure -- Study and teaching | City planning -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 307.76071Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 307.76071 BOS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0076076 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-300) and index.
To compare : cities, size, scale, and form -- To observe : some observations of Copenhagen's city form at the time of global change -- To measure : vitality, livability, and sense of place -- To transform : rebuilding the structure of the inner city -- To define : urban design principles for city streets -- To model : authenticity, modeling, and entitlement -- To interpret : a canvas for an emerging commons -- Conclusion : principles of precedent.
This title offers a new approach to reading urban form to intelligently transform cities. Bosselmann offers a stimulating guidebook for students and professionals engaged in urban design, planning, and architecture.