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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955644103321

Autore

Kendig Lane

Titolo

A guide to planning for community character / / Lane H. Kendig, with Bret C. Keast

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2011

ISBN

9781610910187

1610910184

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xi, 250 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

KeastBret C

Disciplina

307.1/2

Soggetti

Community development - Planning

Rural development - Planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Urban design -- Sub-urban -- Rural character -- Planning and design -- A guide for community character in the twenty-first century.

Sommario/riassunto

This follow-up volume A Guide to Planning for Community Character addresses actual designs in the three general classes of communities set forth in Kendig's framework-urban, sub-urban, and rural. The practical approaches of this volume are intended to allow designers to succeed in designing communities "with the character that citizens actually want." Kendig also provides a guide for incorporating community character into the comprehensive plan for a community. In addition, this book shows how to use community character in planning and zoning as a way of making communities more sustainable. All examples in the volume are designed to meet real-world challenges. They show how to design a community so that the desired character is actually achieved in the built result. The book also provides useful tools for analyzing or measuring relevant design features.