Creating a Friendly City – Improving Urban Public Environments

Author: (English) Tibalz, translated by Bao Li and He Ying
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book focuses on the improvement of urban environmental quality, using numerous successful cases of urban planning and design to clearly illustrate how to integrate various components of public spaces to create an ideal, people-friendly city. The book covers important discussions on the freedom of pedestrians, how to make spaces clear, accessible, and user-friendly, as well as the human scale of architecture. It reveals how the overall place is more important than the individual elements of the built environment. This book is a valuable reference for architects, planners, students and faculty of architecture, professionals in related fields, and enthusiasts.