02857oam 2200613I 450 991078387720332120230607220511.01-134-55863-51-280-06990-297866100699031-134-55864-30-203-46952-610.4324/9780203469521(CKB)1000000000251607(EBL)178477(OCoLC)252917397(SSID)ssj0000281651(PQKBManifestationID)11239899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281651(PQKBWorkID)10308385(PQKB)11634601(MiAaPQ)EBC178477(Au-PeEL)EBL178477(CaPaEBR)ebr10061000(CaONFJC)MIL6990(EXLCZ)99100000000025160720180706e20011992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking people-friendly towns improving the public environment in towns and cities /Francis TibbaldsLondon ;New York :Spon Press,2001.1 online resource (127 p.)"First published 1992"--T.p. verso.1-138-13113-X 0-415-23759-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-114) and index.MAKING PEOPLE-FRIENDLY TOWNS Improving the public environment in towns and cities; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Foreword; 1 The Decline of the Public Realm; 2 'Places' Matter Most; 3 What are the Lessons from the Past?; 4 Mixing Uses and Activities; 5 Human Scale; 6 Pedestrian Freedom; 7 Access for All; 8 Making it Clear; 9 Lasting Environments; 10 Controlling Change; 11 Joining it all Together; 12 A Renaissance of the Public Realm?; Postscript; Afterword by Kevin Murray; Bibliography; IndexMaking People-Friendly Towns explores the way our towns and cities, particularly their central areas, look and feel to all their users and discusses their design, maintenance and management. Francis Tibbalds provides a new philosophical approach to the problem, suggesting that places as a whole matter much more than the individual components that make up the urban environment such as buildings, roads and parks. This informative book suggests the way forward for professionals, decision-makers and all those who care about the future of our urban environment and points the reader in theCity planningUrban ecology (Sociology)City planning.Urban ecology (Sociology)711.4Tibbalds Francisd. 1992.,32951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783877203321Making people-friendly towns314276UNINA