Design first
Subtitle: design-based planning for communities
By: David Walters, Linda Brown.
Contributors: Brown, Linda
Publisher: Architectural; Architectural Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: City planning.; City planning -- United States.
Description: Walters and Brown define objectives, policies and design principles for planning new communities and re-configuring existing ones in this practical handbook. A series of case studies is used to demonstrate how better plans can be created by working in three-dimensional urban design detail.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : history, theory, and contemporary practice; title: Paradigms lost and found : dilemmas of the Anglo-American city; title: Cities, suburbs, and sprawl; title: Traditional urbanism : new urbanism and smart growth; title: Devices and designs : sources of good urbanism; title: Growth management, development control, and the role of urban design; title: Urban design in the real world; title: The region, case study 1 : CORE, North Carolina; title: The city, case study 2 : city of Raleigh, NC Arena small area plan; title: The town, case study 3 : Mooresville, North Carolina; title: The neighborhood, case study 4 : Haynie-Sirrine Neighborhood, Greenville, South Carolina; title: The block, case study 5 : town center, Cornelius, North Carolina.