Urban Coding and Planning Contributor(s): Marshall, Stephen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415441277 ISBN-13: 9780415441278 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Architecture | Landscape |
Dewey: 307.121 |
LCCN: 2010046762 |
Series: Planning, History and Environment |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Urban codes have a profound influence on urban form, affecting the design and placement of buildings, streets and public spaces. Historically, their use has helped create some of our best-loved urban environments, while recent advances in coding have been a growing focus of attention, particularly in Britain and North America. However, the full potential for the role of codes has yet to be realized. In Urban Coding and Planning, Stephen Marshall and his contributors investigate the nature and scope of coding; its purposes; the kinds of environments it creates; and, perhaps most importantly, its relationship to urban planning. By bringing together historical and ongoing traditions of coding from around the world - with chapters describing examples from the United Kingdom, France, India, China, Japan, Australia, South Africa, the United States and Latin America - this book provides lessons for today's theory and practice of place-making. |