The Code of the City: Standards and the Hidden Language of Place Making

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Eran Ben-Joseph (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Robert Gottlieb (Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy)

The Code of the City

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Standards and the Hidden Language of Place Making

Eran Ben-Joseph (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Robert Gottlieb (Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy)

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MIT Press
18 November 2005

Urban communities; Urban & municipal planning

Series: Urban and Industrial Environments

Standards and codes dictate virtually all aspects of urban development. The same standards for subdividing land, grading, laying streets and utilities, and configuring rights-of-way and street widths to accommodate cars (rather than pedestrians) have been adopted in many areas of the world regardless of variations in local environments. In The Code of the City, Eran Ben-Joseph examines the relationship between standards and place making. He traces the evolution of codes and standards and analyzes their impact on the modern city and its suburbs, arguing that it is time for development regulations to reflect site-specific and localized physical design.

Standards and codes were meant to bring order and safety to the city building process. But now, Ben-Joseph argues, these accumulated rules and their widespread application illustrate a disconnect between the original rationale for their existence and their actual effect on the natural and human environment. To discover how this separation of codes from local conditions came about, he looks at the origins of urban standards and their use, from early civilization through the rapid urbanization of the nineteenth century. He provides examples that demonstrate how standards have shaped residential developments and reshaped the natural landscape. And he considers alternatives for the future-innovation and de facto deregulation by private developers, new design technologies, and place-based regulations reflecting local conditions. Standards, writes Ben-Joseph, will continue to shape the built environment, but they must be flexible enough to allow for innovation and contribute to the development of sustainable and desirable communities.

By: Eran Ben-Joseph (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Series edited by: Robert Gottlieb (Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9780262524452
ISBN 10: 0262524457
Series: Urban and Industrial Environments
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 18 November 2005
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eran Ben-Joseph has worked as a city planner and urban designer in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States. Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at MIT, he is the author of The Code of the City (MIT Press) and coauthor of Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities and RENEW Town.

Reviews for The Code of the City: Standards and the Hidden Language of Place Making

[The book] does a commendable job of combining environmental consciousness, a general awareness of New Urbanism's principles, and a detailed knowledge of how conventional approaches to development and regulation have failed, not only in the US but worldwide. -- New Urban News