Urban Coding and Planning

Urban codes have a profound influence on urban form, affecting the design and placement of buildings, frontages, public spaces and street layouts. Historically, their use, in conjunction with master plans, has led to some of our best-loved urban environments, while recent advances in coding have been a centre of attention, particularly in Britain and North America. However, neither the role nor the potential of codes is wholly understood. In Urban Coding and Planning, Stephen Marshall and his contributors investigate the nature and scope of coding; its purposes; the kinds of environments it creates; and, perhaps most importantly, its relationship to planning. By examining historical and ongoing traditions of coding from around the world a " with chapters describing examples from the United Kingdom, France, India, China, Japan, Australia, South Africa, the United States and Latin America a " this book provides lessons for todaya (TM)s theory and practice of place-making.

Stephen Marshall is Senior Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.