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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452039903321

Autore

Southworth Michael

Titolo

Streets and the shaping of towns and cities [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Southworth, Eran Ben-Joseph

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Island Press, 2003

ISBN

1-61091-109-1

1-59726-926-3

1-4175-3948-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Ben-JosephEran

Disciplina

711/.41

Soggetti

Streets - Design

City planning

Streets - Standards

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Street Standards and the Built Environment; Ch. 1: Gritty Cities and Picturesque Villages; Ch. 2: Orderly Streets for Healthy Cities; Ch. 3: Streets for the Motor Age; Ch. 4: Bureaucracy Takes Control; Ch. 5: Streets for Living; Ch. 6: Tomorrow's Streets; Appendix A: Chronology of Events in theDevelopment of Residential Street Standards; Appendix B: A Graphic Survey of Street Cross Sections; Appendix C: Narrow Streets Data; Chapter End Notes; Other References; Index