The code of the city
Subtitle: standards and the hidden language of place making
By: Eran Ben-Joseph.
Series: Urban and industrial environments
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: City planning -- Standards.; City planning -- Standards -- United States.; City planning and redevelopment law -- History.; City planning and redevelopment law -- United States.
Description: The author examines the relationship between standards and place making. He traces the evolution of codes and standards and analyses their impact on the modern city and its suburbs, arguing that it is time for development regulations to reflect site-specific and localised physical design.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.