Steiner / Butler Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-55076-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Ramsey/Sleeper Architectural Graphic Standards Series

The new student edition of the definitive reference on urbanplanning and design
Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition is theauthoritative and reliable volume designed to teach students bestpractices and guidelines for urban planning and design.
Edited from the main volume to meet the serious student's needs,this Student Edition is packed with more than 1,400 informativeillustrations and includes the latest rules of thumb for designingand evaluating any land-use scheme--from street plantings to newsubdivisions. Students find real help understanding all thepractical information on the physical aspects of planning and urbandesign they are required to know, including:
* Plans and plan making
* Environmental planning and management
* Building types
* Transportation
* Utilities
* Parks and open space, farming, and forestry
* Places and districts
* Design considerations
* Projections and demand analysis
* Impact assessment
* Mapping
* Legal foundations
* Growth management preservation, conservation, and reuse
* Economic and real estate development
Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition providesessential specification and detailing information for various typesof plans, environmental factors and hazards, building types,transportation planning, and mapping and GIS. In addition, expertadvice guides readers on practical and graphical skills, such asmapping, plan types, and transportation planning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steiner, Frederick R.

Butler, Kent

Über Autor(innen)

AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION is a Chicago-based, nonprofit,public interest, and research organization representing 30,000practicing planners, officials, and citizens involved with urbanand rural planning issues.
FREDERICK R. STEINER is the Dean of the School ofArchitecture, The University of Texas at Austin. He is on theadvisory boards for Planning and Urban Design Standards andLandscape Architecture Graphic Standards (both from Wiley).
KENT BUTLER is Associate Dean of Research and Chair ofthe planning program at the School of Architecture, The Universityof Texas at Austin.