Laura B. Alvarez
A Beginner's Guide to Urban Design and Development: The ABC of Quality, Sustainable Design
A Beginner's Guide to Urban Design and Development: The ABC of Quality, Sustainable Design
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This book provides guidance on placemaking and the built environment,exploring key principles,case studies,and evaluation tools to secure higher quality,more sustainable design. It emphasizes collaboration and community empowerment to broaden place democracy and make influencing design accessible to many.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 274 pages
Publication date: 18 April 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This comprehensive guide is invaluable for anyone with an interest in placemaking and the built environment, whether you are a novice or a seasoned professional. It provides a clear and concise explanation of the design process, exploring the roles and responsibilities of different agencies and highlighting the opportunities and challenges they face. Through examples from the UK and around the world, the author demonstrates how best practice can be implemented to achieve high-quality, sustainable designs that are accessible to all.
The book also includes case studies that examine situations where quality or sustainability fell short, highlighting the factors that contributed to these issues and offering insights into how they could have been avoided. Additionally, the book showcases a range of evaluation tools, explaining how they work and providing guidance on how to create project-specific tools to drive schemes forward. At its heart, this book is about community empowerment, breaking down technical language and sharing knowledge to broaden the democratic influence of design.
By bringing together all the various stakeholders involved in shaping the built environment, this book demonstrates that collaboration and mutual understanding are essential to achieving better quality, more sustainable design. It is a valuable resource for professionals, policymakers, and community members alike, and will help to shape the future of our cities and towns.
Weight: 454g
Dimension: 137 x 214 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032154152
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