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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the decision-making and implementation processes of urban design. The Second Edition has been fully revised to include thorough coverage of sustainability issues and to integrate new case studies into the core concepts discussed.
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Urban Design: A Social and Civic Art ix
Chapter 1 Roots of Western Urban Form: Centralization 1
First Cities 1
Rebirth of European Cities: "Organic" Cities of the Late Middle Ages 3
Reintroduction of Classical Learning: "Geometric" Cities of the Renaissance 5
The Emergence of Merchant Cities: Integrating Renaissance Ideas and the Marketplace 9
The Grid Reaches the New World 10
The Industrial Revolution 15
Chapter 2 Decentralization: The Rise and Decline of Industrial Cities 31
Proto-Urban Design: Rejecting a Classical Past to Shape an Industrial Future 31
Chapter 3 Recentralization: The Forces Shaping Twenty-First-Century Urbanism 69
New York Stock Exchange Financial District Streetscapes and Security (New York, New York) 71
District of Columbia Streetcar Land Use Study (Washington, D.C.) 75
Chicago Decarbonization Plan (Chicago) 79
Fayetteville 2030: Transit City Scenario (Fayetteville, Arkansas) 81
South Coast Rail Economic and Land Use Plan (Massachusetts) 88
Citygarden (St. Louis, Missouri) 90
UrbanRiver Visions (Massachusetts) 93
Campus Martius Park (Detroit, Michigan) 95
The Future of Pittsburgh Hillsides (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 98
Emscher Landscape Park (Ruhr Valley, Germany) 108
SW Ecodistrict (Washington, D.C.) 111
Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan (Portland, Oregon) 113
East Baltimore Comprehensive Physical Redevelopment Plan (Baltimore, Maryland) 120
Torre David Informal Settlement (Caracas, Venezuela) 124
Chapter 4 Recentralization: Twenty-First-Century Urbanism Takes Shape 131
Eastward Ho! (Southeast Florida) 134
Charlottesville Commercial Corridor Study (Charlottesville, Virginia) 136
Crystal City Vision Plan 2050 (Arlington, Virginia) 142
Sandy Springs City Center Master Plan (Sandy Springs, Georgia) 145
Portland Streetcar (Portland, Oregon) 159
Belmar (Lakewood, Colorado) 169
Bryant Park (New York, New York) 176
Parc André Citröen (Paris, France) 178
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York) 181
Discovery Green (Houston, Texas) 185
Cheonggyecheon Stream Daylighting (Seoul, South Korea) 197
LA Live (Los Angeles, California) 200
Marina Barrage (Singapore) 202
Masdar City (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) 204
HafenCity (Hamburg, Germany) 208
Fairmount Line Smart-Growth Corridor (Boston, Massachusetts) 214
Ellen Wilson Neighborhood Redevelopment (Washington, D.C.) 216
North Wharf Promenade/Jellicoe Street/Silo Park (Auckland, New Zealand) 219
Millennium Park (Chicago, Illinois) 223
The High Line (New York, New York) 225
Parco San Giuliano (Venice, Italy) 227
Swiss Government Plaza (Bern, Switzerland) 230
Tanner Springs Park (Portland, Oregon) 232
Railroad Park (Birmingham, Alabama) 234
Superkilen Park, Nørrebro (Copenhagen, Denmark) 237
Santa Monica Boulevard Master Plan (West Hollywood, California) 240
Broadway Boulevard (New York, New York) 243
POPOS: Privately Owned Public Open Spaces (San Francisco, California) 248
Chapter 5 Theories of Urbanism 255
Seaside Town Square and Beachfront Master Plan (Seaside, Florida) 259
Madrid Río (Madrid, Spain) 262
Chapter 6 Urban Design for an Urban Century: Principles, Strategies, and Process 271
Bridge Street Corridor Plan (Dublin, Ohio) 273
National 9/11 Memorial (New York, New York) 289
Afterword 299
Index 301
