Public Places Urban Spaces

The Dimensions of Urban Design

Matthew Carmona

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Routledge
15 February 2021

City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban communities; The environment; Urban & municipal planning

Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear and systematic guide. In this new edition the book has been extensively revised and restructured. Carmona advances the idea of urban design as a continuous process of shaping places, fashioned in turn by shifting global, local and power contexts. At the heart of the book are eight key dimensions of urban design theory and practice—temporal, perceptual, morphological, visual, social, functional—and two new process dimensions—design governance and place production.

This extensively updated and revised third edition is more international in its scope and coverage, incorporating new thinking on technological impact, climate change adaptation, strategies for urban decline, cultural and social diversity, place value, healthy cities and more, all illustrated with nearly 1,000 carefully chosen images. Public Places Urban Spaces is a classic urban design text, and everyone in the field should own a copy.

By: Matthew Carmona
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 219mm,
Weight: 2.460kg
ISBN: 9781138067783
ISBN 10: 1138067784
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 15 February 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1. Urban Design Process: Shaping Better Places Chapter 2. The Shifting Contexts for Urban Design Chapter 3. The Temporal Dimension Chapter 4. The Perceptual Dimension Chapter 5. The Morphological Dimension Chapter 6. The Visual Dimension Chapter 7. The Social Dimension Chapter 8. The Functional Dimension Chapter 9. The Design Governance Dimension Chapter 10. The Place Production Dimension

Matthew Carmona is Professor of Planning and Urban Design at The Bartlett, University College London (UCL). He is an architect and planner and researches urban design governance, the design and management of public space, and the value of urban design. He Chairs the Place Alliance and blogs at https://matthew-carmona.com.

Reviews for Public Places Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design

"‘The third and the newest edition of the book is one of the best documentations of urban design discourse, not just because of the sheer volume of the materials covered, but also because it helps to ""make sense of the complex overlapping and sometimes confusing urban design literature- Hooman Foroughmand Araabi, Journal of Urban Design"