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• Title:Living streets : strategies for crafting public space / Lesley Bain, Barbara Gray, Dave Rodgers.
  
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• Author/Creator:Bain, Lesley, 1955-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Gray, Barbara, 1966-
  Rodgers, Dave, 1969-
  
• Published/Created:Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2012.
  

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  • Call Number: HT165.5 .B35 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:City planning.
  Sustainable urban development.
  Community development.
  
• Description:xvi, 316 p. : ill., maps ; 21 x 26 cm
  
• Summary:"Written for teams of engineers, transportation planners, landscape architects, and urban planners, this book provides a broad overview of the growing approach towards complete and sustainable street design. Its contents present the background on modern street design and where it has failed, describe a series of street typologies, and demonstrate, through geographically diverse case studies, the applicable lessons learned from each. Featuring examples from over two dozen completed street design projects around the world, it provides practical guidance on the complete street approach to sustainable and community-minded street and road design"-- Provided by publisher.
  "Serves to provide practical guidance on the complete street approach to sustainable and community-minded street and road design. Written for teams of engineers, transportation planners, landscape architects and urban planners, the book provides a broad overview of the design and policy tools that have been successful, presents background on modern street design and where it has failed in many aspects, describes a series of street typologies, and demonstrates, through a variety of geographically diverse case studies, the applicable lessons learned from each"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-309) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780470903810 (acid-free paper)
  0470903813 (acid-free paper)
  9781118180082 (ebk.)
  1118180089 (ebk.)
  9781118180099 (ebk.)
  1118180097 (ebk.)
  9781118181812 (ebk.)
  1118181816 (ebk.)
  9781118182000 (ebk.)
  1118182006 (ebk.)
  9781118182017 (ebk.)
  1118182014 (ebk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Placemaking in the Public Right-Of-Way
  Function of Places
  Why Invest in a Quality Public Realm?
  Placemaking and Design
  Encouraging the Use of Public Space
  Reclaiming Right-of-way for Public Places
  Considering All the Elements in the Right-of-Way
  ch. 2 Mobility
  Connecting People to Places
  Why Have Walkable, Bikeable Communities?
  Size and Shape of Movement
  Pace of Movement
  Shift in Thinking
  ch. 3 Natural Systems
  Reconnecting Cities to Nature
  Urban Biodiversity
  Natural Systems and Opportunities in the Right-of-way
  Why Reconnect Nature and the City?
  ch. 4 Elements
  Places to Move Through
  Materials
  Intersections
  Bicycle Facilities
  Signage
  Street Furniture
  Street Trees and Landscaping
  Swales and Rain Gardens
  Curbs, Gutters, and Alternatives
  Parking
  ch. 5 Influences
  Considering Context
  Policy Foundation
  -Policies That Influence Street Design
  Codes, Guidelines, and Standards
  Reality Factors
  ch. 6 Typologies
  Typologies Overview
  Residential Streets
  Green Streets
  Alleys
  Main Streets
  Thoroughfares
  Shared-Use Streets
  Festival Streets
  ch. 7 Case Studies
  Mint Plaza
  Nord Alley
  Central Annapolis Road
  78th Avenue SE Shared Use
  High Point
  Barracks Row
  New York City
  Terry Avenue North
  ch. 8 What's Next
  Biophilic Cities: More Nature in the City
  New Technologies
  Building the Dream
  Conclusions.