Creating Neighbourhoods and Places in the Built Environment

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ISBN: 9780203362341 | 0203362349
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Copyright: 3/9/2004

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This design primer examines the forces at work in the built environment and their impact on the form of buildings and their environments.

Introduction
The Development Of Settlements
Nature and settlement
Introduction
Nature and rural settlement
Nature and urban settlement
Urban form and development
Inadequate adaptation to nature
Settlement, buildings and climate
Nature, settlements and sustainability
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Settlements and growth
Introduction
Morphological ideas
What forces shape urban change?
The rate of change
Conclusion
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Modern urban places
Introduction
Characteristics of modern city development
Learning from other places
The city square
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The Qualities Of Places
Equity and access
Introduction
distribution and welfare
The built environment and environmental equity
Access and development patterns
People and participitation
Summary
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Variety and vitality
Introduction
What are varity and vitality?
Qualities creating vitality
The changing qualities of towns and cities
International experience
The influence of planning
Sustaining vitality
Future directions
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Environment and space
Introduction
Qualities of place
Understanding space
Places and buildings
The analysis of place
Analysis of urban form
Summary
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Creating People-Friendly Places
Public policy and planning
Introduction
Where does public policy come from?
Who are the key players?
Where can people get involved?
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Community action and involvement
Introduction
New poli tics - new age?
Homes and jobs
Summary
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Renewal and regeneration
Introduction
Model villages and garden cities
Inter-war planning
Post-war reconstruction and the New Towns programme
Housing redevelopment
Housing renewal
The 'urban managers'
The beginnings of 'urban policy'
Urban regeneration
Belief in 'trickle-down'
More recent approaches to regeneration
Summary
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Making connections
Introduction
Building neighbourhoods and places
Stakeholders in the built environment
Developing shared agendas
Understanding places
Sharing experience and expertise
Implementing shared agendas
The nature of influence
Change and the future
Conclusion
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