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Nathan Cherry - Grid/ Street/ Place: Essential Elements of Sustainable Urban Districts - 9781932364729 - V9781932364729
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Grid/ Street/ Place: Essential Elements of Sustainable Urban Districts

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Description for Grid/ Street/ Place: Essential Elements of Sustainable Urban Districts Hardback. Num Pages: 201 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 284 x 14. Weight in Grams: 798.

Today's urban resident is seeking a more flexible, sustainable environment-representing a unique, diverse, vibrant, and responsible way of living-as an alternative to the typical development patterns of suburban and semi-urban sprawl. Can urban design help create this type of sustainable urbanism? Grid Street Place presents a unique approach to understanding urban design through scientific, empirical research. The authors examined more than 100 successful projects throughout North America to identify differences and commonalities, and they discovered universal elements that characterize sustainable urban districts. By applying these essential elements, designers and developers can recreate and extend the experience of successful places to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
201
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781932364729
SKU
V9781932364729
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Nathan Cherry
Nathan B. Cherry, AICP, is vice president and director of the Planning and Urban Design Group of RTKL Associates

Reviews for Grid/ Street/ Place: Essential Elements of Sustainable Urban Districts
A planner's solid reference book with useful urban design, land-use, and development information about some of the most successful mixed use districts in the country. -S. Gail Goldberg, AICP, director of planning, City of Los Angele Good urban design isn't an exact science, but its roots run deeper than planning hopes and developer hype. These maps and diagrams explore some ... Read more

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