Urban design practice : an international review /
This book gives a fascinating account of the state of urban design practice across the world today. Aimed broadly at practitioners - masterplanners, architects, landscape architects, planners, civil engineers - and students and academics of these disciplines, twenty chapters analyse a different coun...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
RIBA Pub.,
2012.
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| Summary: | This book gives a fascinating account of the state of urban design practice across the world today. Aimed broadly at practitioners - masterplanners, architects, landscape architects, planners, civil engineers - and students and academics of these disciplines, twenty chapters analyse a different country's urban design context. Fully illustrated and structured in a similar way, each chapter features a case study, general background economic statistics, and a handy 'quick guide' to the types of work available, the underlying legislation and tips for securing work.Features chapters of the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, Dubai, Egypt, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and the USA. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 347 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-342) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781859464496 1859464491 |