- The foremost professional reference on the physical design of cities and urban places.
- Includes international coverage, such as the recent European and Asian sustainability initiatives.
- Covers essential topics such as preservation, renewal, patterns of settlement, and more.
- Outstanding contributors include Alan Plattus, Dean of the College of Architecture, Yale University.
Featuring articles by authoritative urban design scholars and practitioners, Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design provides a visual and detailed archival record of:
- Context of global cities
- Classic texts of urban design
- Urban design history and design theory
- Preservation, renewal, and extension of existing cities
- Methods of urban design from regional to pedestrian scale
- Sustainable communities
- Details and case studies of urban design practice
Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design covers the full spectrum of allied disciplines, such as transportation planning, bioregionalism, storm water management, parking, universal design, urban acoustics, and graphics. It provides a single source for the key reference articles on urban design and physical planning of cities, including social, environmental and economic data.
This inaugural volume on the topic of urban design in the Time-Saver Standards series is written for easy reference by urban planners and designers, architects, landscape professionals, environmental engineers, civil and transportation engineers, as well as municipal government and planning officials. This "soon to be a classic" provides a one-volume reference that is indispensable for urban design policy and practice. |
