Entrée principale:

Southworth, Michael.

Titre et auteur:

Streets and the shaping of towns and cities / Michael Southworth, Eran Ben-Joseph.

Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1997.

Description:

vii, 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-176) and index.
Introduction: Street standards and the built environment -- Ch. 1. Gritty cities and picturesque villages: the origins of suburban design standards in England and the United States -- Ch. 2. Orderly streets for healthy cities: social response to urban disorder -- Ch. 3. Streets for the motor age: the car and the urban scene -- Ch. 4. Bureaucracy takes control: the institutionalization of standards -- Ch. 5. Streets for living: rethinking neighborhood streets -- Ch. 6. Tomorrow's streets: toward new neighborhood street standards -- Appendix A. Chronology of events in the development of residential street standards -- Appendix B.A graphic survey of street cross sections.

Résumé:

Changing nature of suburban street design in America and Great Britain over the past two centuries. Street design and their effects on neighborhood character and livability.

ISBN:

0070598088 (acid-free paper)
9780070598089 (acid-free paper)

Sujet:

Streets Design.
City planning.
Streets Standards.
Streets Design and construction.
Rues Conception et construction.
Urbanisme Cartes.
Rues Normes.
Streets

Vedettes secondaires:

Ben-Joseph, Eran.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 111710
Cote: ID TE279.S58; ID:96-B1996
Statut: Disponible