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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812094403321

Autore

Marshall Stephen <1967-, >

Titolo

Streets & patterns / / Stephen Marshall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Spon Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-37075-X

1-138-13054-0

1-280-09976-3

1-134-37076-8

0-203-58939-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

711.41

Soggetti

Streets - Design

City planning

Traffic engineering

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. [297]-312) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Illustration credits; Preface; Introduction; The challenge; Street type and hierarchy; Pattern type; Route structure; Connectivity and complexity; The constitution of structure; Modes, streets and places; From streets to patterns; Conclusions; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

There is an emerging consensus that urban street layouts should be planned with greater attention to 'placemaking' and urban design quality, while maintaining the conventional transport functions of accessibility and connectivity. However, it is not always clear how this might be achieved: we still tend to have different sets of guidance for main road networks and for local streetgrids. What is needed is a framework that addresses both of these, plus main streets - that don't easily fit either set of guidance - in an integrative manner. Streets and Patterns takes up this chall