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Autore: | Bohl Charles C |
Titolo: | Place making : developing town centers, main streets, and urban villages / / Charles C. Bohl |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Urban Land Institute, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina: | 307.1/216/0973 |
307.12160973 | |
Soggetto topico: | City planning - United States |
Central business districts - United States | |
Community development, Urban - United States | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Copyright; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Place-Making Trend; The "Quest for Community"; Place Identity; Changing Preferences and Tastes; New Housing Concepts: Selling Lifestyle, Not Density; Evolving Retail Realms; New Workplace Environments; Advancing Leisure and Entertainment Concepts; Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, and Livable Communities; The New Urbanism; Chapter 2 Learning from the Past: Town Centers and Main Streets Revisited; Colonial Centers and Courthouse Squares; Early Railroad Towns |
The Garden City Movement and Civic Art Early Shopping Villages; Town Centers in Transition; Chapter 3 Timeless Design Principles for Town Centers; Gathering Places; Streets and Pathways; Town Center Buildings; Chapter 4 Emerging Formats for Town Centers,Main Streets, and Urban Villages; Town Centers for Master-Planned Communities; Village and Town Centers in New Urbanist Communities; Suburban Infill Town Centers; Urban Redevelopment Town Centers; Existing Main Streets Reinvented; Urban Villages; Reinvented Retail Centers; Transit Villages; New Urbanist Workplaces | |
Publicly Initiated Suburban Town Centers Chapter 5 Launching a New Town Center: Feasibility and Financing; Development Objectives and the Development Team; Evaluating Sites and Conducting Market Analyses; Feasibility Analysis; Financing; The Public Sector and Town Centers; Chapter 6 Breakthrough Projects Revisited; Miami Lakes Town Center; Princeton Forrestal Village; Mashpee Commons; Reston Town Center; Mizner Park; Chapter 7 Case Studies; City Place: West Palm Beach, Florida; Easton Town Center: Columbus, Ohio; Haile Village Center: Gainesville, Florida; Market Square: Gaithersburg, Maryland | |
Market Street at Celebration: Celebration, Florida Orenco Station Town Center: Portland, Oregon; Southlake Town Square: Southlake, Texas; Valencia's Town Center Drive: A Developer's Perspective; Chapter 8 A Compendium of Planning and Design Ideas for Town Centers; Defining the Character of the Town Center; Planning the Streets and Circulation System; Designing and Configuring Buildings; Understanding Urbanism | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Addressing one of the hottest trends in real estate-the development of town centers and urban villages with mixed uses in pedestrian-friendly settings-this book will help navigate through the unique design and development issues and reveal how to make all elements work together. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Place making |
ISBN: | 0-87420-250-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821423703321 |
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