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Urban design : a typology of procedures and products / Jon Lang.

By: Lang, Jon T.
Publisher: Oxford : Elsevier/Architectural Press, c2005Description: xxvii, 421 p. : ill., plans ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0750666285 (pbk.).Subject(s): City planning | City planning -- Case studiesDDC classification: 711.4
Contents:
Part 1 The nature of urban design and urban designing: 1. The public realm of cities and urban design - 2. Urban design processes and procedures - 3. An evolving typology of urban design porjects -- Part 2 The traditional design professions, their products and urban design: 4. The products of city planning and the nature of urban design - 5. The products of landscape architecture and the nature of urban design - 6. The products of architecture and the nature of urban design -- Part 3 The core of urban design work: procedures and products: 7. Total urban design - 8. All-of-a-piece urban design - 9. Piece-by-piece urban design - 10. Plug-in urban design -- Part 4 The future of urban design: 11. Learning from the case studies: current and future issues in urban design - 12. Afterthoughts: Urban design - field or discipline and profession?
Summary: "This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to urban design, presenting a three-dimensional model with which to categorise the processes and products involved. Including a broad selection of international case studies, 'Urban Design' is an essential guide to the diversity of leading projects around the globe. It not only defines the subject, but also considers the future direction of the field and what can be learned from the past."--BOOK JACKET.
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"Illustrated with over 50 case studies."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-409) and index.

Part 1 The nature of urban design and urban designing: 1. The public realm of cities and urban design - 2. Urban design processes and procedures - 3. An evolving typology of urban design porjects -- Part 2 The traditional design professions, their products and urban design: 4. The products of city planning and the nature of urban design - 5. The products of landscape architecture and the nature of urban design - 6. The products of architecture and the nature of urban design -- Part 3 The core of urban design work: procedures and products: 7. Total urban design - 8. All-of-a-piece urban design - 9. Piece-by-piece urban design - 10. Plug-in urban design -- Part 4 The future of urban design: 11. Learning from the case studies: current and future issues in urban design - 12. Afterthoughts: Urban design - field or discipline and profession?

"This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to urban design, presenting a three-dimensional model with which to categorise the processes and products involved. Including a broad selection of international case studies, 'Urban Design' is an essential guide to the diversity of leading projects around the globe. It not only defines the subject, but also considers the future direction of the field and what can be learned from the past."--BOOK JACKET.