Description
Book SynopsisPublic Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear and systematic guide. In this new edition the book has been extensively revised and restructured. Carmona advances the idea of urban design as a continuous process of shaping places, fashioned in turn by shifting global, local and power contexts. At the heart of the book are eight key dimensions of urban design theory and practicetemporal, perceptual, morphological, visual, social, functionaland two new process dimensionsdesign governance and place production.
This extensively updated and revised third edition is more international in its scope and coverage, incorporating new thinking on technological impact, climate change adaptation, strategies for urban decline, cultural and social diversity, place value, healthy cities and more, all illustrated with nearly 1,000 carefully chosen images.
Trade Review
‘The third and the newest edition of the book is one of the best documentations of urban design discourse, not just because of the sheer volume of the materials covered, but also because it helps to "make sense of the complex overlapping and sometimes confusing urban design literature- Hooman Foroughmand Araabi, Journal of Urban Design
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Urban Design Process: Shaping Better Places
Chapter 2. The Shifting Contexts for Urban Design
Chapter 3. The Temporal Dimension
Chapter 4. The Perceptual Dimension
Chapter 5. The Morphological Dimension
Chapter 6. The Visual Dimension
Chapter 7. The Social Dimension
Chapter 8. The Functional Dimension
Chapter 9. The Design Governance Dimension
Chapter 10. The Place Production Dimension
