Cities for People
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781597265737
Table of contents: title: The human dimension -- First we shape the cities : then they shape us -- The city as meeting place -- Senses and scale -- Senses and communication -- The shattered scale -- The lively city -- The safe city -- The sustainable city -- The healthy city -- The battle for quality is on the small scale -- Good cities for walking -- Good cities for staying -- Good cities for meeting -- Self-expression, play, and exercise -- Good places, fine scale -- Good weather at eye level, please -- Beautiful cities, good experiences -- Good cities for bicycling -- The Brazilia Syndrome -- Life, space, buildings : in that order -- Developing cities -- Developing cities -- The human dimension : a universal starting point.