Public space / Stephen Carr [and others].
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge series in environment and behaviorPublisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992Description: xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521351480
- 9780521351485
- 0521359600
- 9780521359603
- 307.1216
- HT153 .P83 1992
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 307.1216 PUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A494392B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-383) and index.
1. Public space and public life -- 2. Human dimensions of public space -- 3. Making public space.
"This book reveals the social basis for public space use, design and management. The authors--an architect/environmental designer, a landscape architect, an environmental psychologist, and an open space administrator--offer a well-integrated perspective of how to integrate public space and public life. They contend that three critical human dimensions should guide the process of design and management of public space: the users' essential needs, their spatial rights, and the meanings they seek. To develop and explain these three dimensions, the authors draw on the history of public life and public space, evidence from recent social research, and a series of original case studies, all amply illustrated."--Publisher description.
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