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Urban design reclaimed : tools, techniques, and strategies for planners / Emily Talen.
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Title:Urban design reclaimed : tools, techniques, and strategies for planners / Emily Talen.
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Author/Creator:Talen, Emily, 1958-
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Published/Created:Chicago, IL : American Planning Association, Planners Press, ©2009.
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: HT166 .T343 2009
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:City planning--Social aspects.
City planning--Computer-aided design.
Community development, Urban.
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Description:102 pages : color illustrations, color maps, plans (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm.
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Summary:There are two kinds of urban design: the kind that shapes skylines and the kind that shapes communities. For the past several decades, planners--who are trained to think about how communities function--have ceded their role in urban design to architects--who are trained to think about how buildings look. In Urban Design Reclaimed, Talen challenges planners to reengage in urban design to ensure that it supports diverse, sustainable, vibrant and equitable communities. She shows planners how design influences their ability to reach social goals such as diversity, environmental sensitivity, sense of place, and quality of life--and how they can influence design. This how-to book provides some of the tools planners need to get back in the game. Through a set of 10 exercises, it provides an urban design vocabulary and corresponding set of applications that are specifically targeted to non-architects.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85) and index.
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ISBN:1932364633 (pbk.)
9781932364637 (pbk.)
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Contents:The bigger picture
Basics
Recurrent issues.