Urban Design in Western Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Urban Design in Western Europe write by Wolfgang Braunfels. This book was released on 1990-01-15. Urban Design in Western Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "What makes a city endure and prosper? In this masterful survey of a thousand years of urban architecture, Wolfgang Braunfels identifies certain themes common to cities as different as Siena and London, Munich and Venice ... Braunfels describes scores of cities, classifying them as cathedral cities, city-states, imperial cities, maritime cities, "ideal cities" (those towns which, planned by often absent rulers for a specefic purpose, failed to develop independent lives) ... Lavishly illustrated with city plans, bird's-eye views, early renderings, and modern photographs, Urban Design in Western Europe will both delight and instruct architects, urban planners, historians, and travelers."--Page 4 of cover
Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States
Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States write by Chang-Hee Christine Bae. This book was released on 2017-03-02. Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues today. This book compares Western Europe and the USA, focusing on anti-sprawl policies. The USA is known for its settlement patterns that emphasize low-density suburban development and extreme automobile dependence, whereas European countries emphasize higher densities, pro-transit policies and more compact urban growth. Yet, on closer inspection, the differences are not as wide as first appears. A key feature of the book is the attention given to France; its experience is little known in the English-speaking world. The book concludes that both continents can offer each other useful insights and perhaps policy guidance.
The European City
The European City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The European City write by David Burtenshaw. This book was released on 2023-05-30. The European City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Originally published in 1991, this book focusses on the philosophies, histories and processes which have made the West European city system rich in internal variety yet distinct from that of the rest of western industrialised urban society. It synthesizes international experiences in particular aspects of urban policy making, with reference to Germany, France and Benelux. The book covers urban planning in its broadest sense - from economic, socio-spacial, recreational, housing and transport perspectives.
Planning for Urban Quality
Planning for Urban Quality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Planning for Urban Quality write by Michael Parfect. This book was released on 2014-06-17. Planning for Urban Quality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rapid regeneration of city areas has placed the quality of urban design high on public and policy agendas worldwide. Planning for Urban Quality examines the achievement of quality in the urban environment, in a planning context. Tracing urban design from its roots, the authors draw on both historical and current practices to examine the key physical, political and economic forces at play and the social pressures and impacts brought about by both failures and achievements in urban design. This highly illustrated critique of towns and cities draws on examples from across Western Europe, South Africa and USA to examine both public and private sector development practices, controls and fiscal policies within a diverse range of localities. The authors indicate the need for a reinstitution of region-provincial approaches, for closer co-ordination bewteen sectors, and revised fiscal policies in planning and development in order to enhance the quality of urban social experience and environments. Providing a deeper understanding of the many diverse strands of Urban Quality, the authors provide a firm basis from which to analyse urban planning achievements and to assess the relevance and value of urban scapes.
Urban Planning in Europe
Urban Planning in Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Urban Planning in Europe write by Peter Newman. This book was released on 2002-09-11. Urban Planning in Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An analysis of the influences on urban planning in Europe. Detailed case studies are used to explore planning policies in a range of European cities, and discuss the social and environmental objectives that influence today's urban planner.
