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Housing as If People Mattered
Clare Cooper Marcus
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Description for Housing as If People Mattered
Paperback. Features a collection of guidelines for the site design of low-rise, high-density family housing. This title is suitable for housing designers and planners, but also for developers, housing authorities, citizens' groups, and tenants' organizations - anyone involved in planning or rehabilitating housing. Series: California Series in Urban Development. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
From the Introduction: Consider these two places: Walking into Green Acres, you immediately sense that you have entered an oasis-traffic noise left behind, negative urban distractions out of sight, children playing and running on the grass, adults puttering on plant-filled balconies. Signs of life and care for the environment abound. Innumerable social and physical clues communicate to visitors and residents alike a sense of home and neighborhood. This is a place that people are proud of, a place that children will remember in later years with nostalgia and affection, a place that just feels "good." Contrast this with Southside ... Read more
From the Introduction: Consider these two places: Walking into Green Acres, you immediately sense that you have entered an oasis-traffic noise left behind, negative urban distractions out of sight, children playing and running on the grass, adults puttering on plant-filled balconies. Signs of life and care for the environment abound. Innumerable social and physical clues communicate to visitors and residents alike a sense of home and neighborhood. This is a place that people are proud of, a place that children will remember in later years with nostalgia and affection, a place that just feels "good." Contrast this with Southside ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
California Series in Urban Development
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520063303
SKU
V9780520063303
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About Clare Cooper Marcus
Clare Cooper Marcus is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, Clare Cooper Marcus is internationally recognized for her pioneering research on the psychological and sociological aspects of architecture, land-use planning, and landscape design - particularly urban open space. Wendy Sarkissian bring planning to life with over 40 years' experience ... Read more
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