{"product_id":"public-places-urban-spaces-9781138067769","title":"Public Places Urban Spaces","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublic Places Urban Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘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- \u003cem\u003eHooman Foroughmand Araabi, Journal of Urban Design\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Urban Design Process: Shaping Better Places\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. The Shifting Contexts for Urban Design\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. The Temporal Dimension\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. The Perceptual Dimension\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. The Morphological Dimension\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. The Visual Dimension\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. The Social Dimension\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. The Functional Dimension\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. The Design Governance Dimension\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. The Place Production Dimension\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019454316887,"sku":"9781138067769","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138067769.jpg?v=1750780319","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/public-places-urban-spaces-9781138067769","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}