Main entry:

Jacobs, Allan B.

Title & Author:

Great streets / Allan B. Jacobs.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1993.

Description:

ix, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-324) and index.
pt. 1. Great Streets. Ch. 1. The Great Street We Once Lived On. Roslyn Place, Pittsburgh. Ch. 2. Still Great Medieval Streets. Via dei Giubbonari, Rome. Stroget, Copenhagen. Ch. 3. In the Grand Manner. Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona. Cours Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence. Avenue Montaigne, Paris. Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris. Ch. 4. The Grand Canal as a Great Street. Ch. 5. Once Great Streets. Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris. Via del Corso, Rome. Market Street, San Francisco. Ch. 6. The Ramblas, Barcelona. Ch. 7. The Great Residential Boulevard. Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Ch. 8. Trees Alone. Richards Road at Mills College, Oakland, California. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome. Beijing Streets. Ch. 9. Great Street Ensembles. Bath. Bologna -- pt. 2. A Compendium of Streets: Streets That Teach -- pt. 3. Street and City Patterns: Settings for Streets and People -- pt. 4. Making Great Streets. Ch. 1. Requirements for Great Streets. Ch. 2. Qualities That Contribute.
Ch. 3. Conclusion: Great Streets and City Planning -- Appendix: Pedestrian Volumes on Selected Streets.

Summary:

This book compares hundreds of streets around the world to determine the design and other elements that make some of them great. It contains plans, cross sections, and maps of individual streets and a set of one-square-mile maps of the street plans of 50 cities around the world.

ISBN:

0262100487
9780262100489
0262600234
9780262600231

Subject:

Streets Design.
Architecture Human factors.
Urban beautification.
Pedestrian areas.
City planning.
Streets Design and construction.
Pedestrian facilities design.
City Planning
Rues Conception et construction.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
Mobilier urbain.
Zones piétonnières Conception et construction.
Urbanisme.
street furniture.
urban planning.
Straten.
Stadscultuur.
Stadsplanning.
Voetgangers.
Urban regions Environment planning
infrastructuur
infrastructure
mens
man
psychologie
psychology
wegen
roads
dienstensector
services
steden
towns
verkeer
traffic
stedelijke gebieden
urban areas
stadsomgeving
urban environment
wereld
world
invloeden
influences
Social Geography
Sociale geografie

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87026
Call No.: ID NA9053.S7.J23; ID:93-B2015
Status: Available