Comprehensive Urban Design – Public Toilets

Author: [British] Clara Greed Compiler
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Publish Date: 2005-04-22
Features: This book incorporates public restrooms into the agenda of urban design:
· For the first time, it lists restrooms as an indispensable component of urban design for research.
· It places the needs of users and considerations of providers on the agenda of urban designers and architects.
· It provides comparisons of restroom policies worldwide and case studies of restroom architecture.
· It offers design guidelines and policy guidance for planning and designing restroom facilities for entire cities (urban areas) and specific locations.
· It highlights the importance of urban design in reversing the trend of inadequate restroom facilities.
Clara Greed presents the basic principles: that public restrooms should hold a very important core position, whether in strategic urban policies or in local regional planning and design. The book provides urban designers and architects with theoretical understanding and practical knowledge on restroom-related issues—including architectural design, facility standards, site selection, safety, layout, and accessibility—supplying the necessary information for both public and private restroom providers.
The book first lists restrooms as an indispensable component of urban design for research, placing the needs of users and considerations of providers on the agenda of urban designers and architects, and providing theoretical understanding and practical knowledge on restroom-related issues—including architectural design, facility standards, site selection, safety, layout, and accessibility. Even more valuable is that the book, through comparisons of restroom policies worldwide and case studies of restroom architecture, offers design guidelines and policy guidance for planning and designing restroom facilities for entire cities/urban areas and specific locations, providing readers with a wealth of rich and practical reference materials.
The book provides urban designers and architects with theoretical understanding and practical knowledge on restroom-related issues—including architectural design, facility standards, site selection, safety, layout, and accessibility—supplying the necessary information for both public and private restroom providers.