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UNINA9910790627203321 |
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Autore |
Kulash Walter M |
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Titolo |
Residential streets / / Walter M. Kulash, principal author ; ULI-Urban Land Institute [et al.] |
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Washington, D.C. : , : Urban Land Institute : , : NAHB |
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[New York] : , : ASCE : , : ITE, , 2001 |
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©2001 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[Third edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 76 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Streets - Design and construction |
Roads |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; History; Early Standard Setting; More Recent Efforts; Philosophy of Residential Street Design; Public and Private Streets; Applications; CHAPTER 2: Design Considerations; Functional Classification System for Streets; Types of Traffic Flow; Emergency Vehicle Access; Traffic Volumes and Residential Dwelling Units; Neighborhood Access to Adjacent Street System; Street Layout and Platting; Principles of Street Layout; Number of Lanes; Pavement Widths; Right-of-Way Widths; On-Street Parking; Off-Street Parking |
Alleys; Design Speed; Gradients; Vertical and Horizontal Alignments; Dead-End Turnarounds; Shared Driveways; Streetscape; Pedestrian and Bicycle Access; Curb Cut Ramps; Curbs; Traffic Calming; CHAPTER 3: Intersections; Geometry of Intersections; Intersection Angle; Traffic Circles and Roundabouts; Intersection Spacing; Curb Radius; Vertical Alignment on Intersection Approaches; Corner Sight Distance; CHAPTER 4: Streets as Drainage System; Closed and Open Systems; Street and Curb Cross-Sections; Runoff Amounts; Criteria for the Spread of Water across Streets; Flow across Intersections |
Ponding at Low Points in Grade; Maximum Velocity in Gutters; Block and Lot Grading; Cut-and-Fill Embankment Slopes; CHAPTER 5: Pavement; Subgrade; Base; Wearing Surface; Life-Cycle Cost Analysis; |
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References; Index; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Taking a practical approach to planning and designing streets in master-planned, new urbanist, and other subdivisions, this book offers a fresh look at street widths, geometrics, traffic flow, intersections, drainage systems, and pavement. |
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