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Turning a Town Around: A Proactive Approach to Urban Design
Anthony Hall
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Description for Turning a Town Around: A Proactive Approach to Urban Design
Paperback. Sets out a practical programme of action to improve urban design Guidance from someone with coalface experience Clear, accessible and highly illustrated with colour plates Focuses on the reality of local planning, especially development control procedures. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 538.
Today’s trend towards the renewal of cities, sociable places, higher standards of architecture and sustainable city centre living is the business of urban design. In Britain, effective urban design is now at the forefront of government policy.
Today’s trend towards the renewal of cities, sociable places, higher standards of architecture and sustainable city centre living is the business of urban design. In Britain, effective urban design is now at the forefront of government policy.
However, even when the goals are clear, how do you make a start? If you are a planner, an elected councillor, or a developer what do you have to do on a day-to-day basis? In particular, how do you handle design within the planning process and ensure it is connected to other aspects of policy? How do you ... Read more
Tony Hall offers solutions not through idealised prescriptions but by setting out practical action based on what has been achieved on the ground. Uniquely amongst texts on this subject, the book draws upon his combination of both professional and political experience. This accessible and highly illustrated book shows how to:
- focus the organisation on design
- incorporate design principles into policy
- make design briefing effective
- prepare for successful negotiation
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405170239
SKU
V9781405170239
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Anthony Hall
Tony Hall, Adjunct Professor, Urban Research Program, Griffith University, Brisbane; former Professor of Town Planning, Anglia Polytechnic University and Visiting Professor, Oxford Brookes University.
Reviews for Turning a Town Around: A Proactive Approach to Urban Design
"Against a background of very varying commitment to the control of design quality in development both across time and geographically, this book makes a very useful contribution by highlighting the successes that can be achieved when the system is working well." (International Planning Studies, August 2008) "[The book] is extremely focussed and insightful … .Well illustrated, cross referenced and ... Read more