Urban Design for an Urban Century : Shaping More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient Cities (2nd Edition)

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the decision-making and implementation processes of urban design. The Second Edition has been fully revised to include thorough coverage of sustainability issues and to integrate new case studies into the core concepts discussed. Urban Design for an Urban Century: Shaping More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient Cities Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Urban Design: A Social and Civic Art Notes Chapter 1: Roots of Western Urban Form: Centralization First Cities Rebirth of European Cities: “Organic” Cities of the Late Middle Ages Reintroduction of Classical Learning: “Geometric” Cities of the Renaissance The Emergence of Merchant Cities: Integrating Renaissance Ideas and the Marketplace The Grid Reaches the New World The Industrial Revolution Notes Chapter 2: Decentralization: The Rise and Decline of Industrial Cities Proto-Urban Design: Rejecting a Classical Past to Shape an Industrial Future Notes Chapter 3: Recentralization: The Forces Shaping Twenty-First-Century Urbanism New York Stock Exchange Financial District Streetscapes and Security (New York, New York) Walkability Displaces Cars as the Genesis of Urban Form District of Columbia Streetcar Land Use Study (Washington, D.C.) Forces Shaping Twenty-First-Century Urbanism Chicago Decarbonization Plan (Chicago) Fayetteville 2030: Transit City Scenario (Fayetteville, Arkansas) South Coast Rail Economic and Land Use Plan (Massachusetts) Citygarden (St. Louis, Missouri) UrbanRiver Visions (Massachusetts) Campus Martius Park (Detroit, Michigan) The Future of Pittsburgh Hillsides (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Emscher Landscape Park (Ruhr Valley, Germany) SW Ecodistrict (Washington, D.C.) Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan (Portland, Oregon) East Baltimore Comprehensive Physical Redevelopment Plan (Baltimore, Maryland) Torre David Informal Settlement (Caracas, Venezuela) Notes Chapter 4: Recentralization: Twenty-First-Century Urbanism Takes Shape Traveling Along the Smart Growth Transect Eastward Ho! (Southeast Florida) Charlottesville Commercial Corridor Study (Charlottesville, Virginia) Crystal City Vision Plan 2050 (Arlington, Virginia) Sandy Springs City Center Master Plan (Sandy Springs, Georgia) Portland Streetcar (Portland, Oregon) Belmar (Lakewood, Colorado) Bryant Park (New York, New York) Parc André Citröen (Paris, France) Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York) Discovery Green (Houston, Texas) Cheonggyecheon Stream Daylighting (Seoul, South Korea) LA Live (Los Angeles, California) Marina Barrage (Singapore) Masdar City (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) HafenCity (Hamburg, Germany) The Costs of Success Fairmount Line Smart-Growth Corridor (Boston, Massachusetts) Ellen Wilson Neighborhood Redevelopment (Washington, D.C.) Balancing Individual and Community: The Public Realm North Wharf Promenade/Jellicoe Street/Silo Park (Auckland, New Zealand) Millennium Park (Chicago, Illinois) The High Line (New York, New York) Parco San Giuliano (Venice, Italy) Swiss Government Plaza (Bern, Switzerland) Tanner Springs Park (Portland, Oregon) Railroad Park (Birmingham, Alabama) Superkilen Park, Nørrebro (Copenhagen, Denmark) Santa Monica Boulevard Master Plan (West Hollywood, California) Broadway Boulevard (New York, New York) POPOS: Privately Owned Public Open Spaces (San Francisco, California) Notes Chapter 5: Theories of Urbanism Formal Urbanisms Seaside Town Square and Beachfront Master Plan (Seaside, Florida) Madrid Río (Madrid, Spain) Syncretic Urbanism Notes Chapter 6: Urban Design for an Urban Century: Principles, Strategies, and Process Bridge Street Corridor Plan (Dublin, Ohio) Principles Strategies for Achieving the Principles: Policies, Planning, and Placemaking Process that Supports the Principles National 9/11 Memorial (New York, New York) Notes Afterword Note Index Supplemental Images From Mesopotamia to The Present: Precedents to Contemporary Urbanism Looking Forward: Projects That Help Define a More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient Future "This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the decision-making and implementation processes of urban design. The Second Edition has been fully revised to include thorough coverage of sustainability issues and to integrate new case studies into the core concepts discussed. Ancillary materials, including PowerPoint slides, sample questions and projects, and bonus case studies, help to enrich understanding of this topic"-- Provided by publisher Featuring projects that have won awards in recent years, this is a comprehensive book of tools and information on urban design. This guide provides urban designers, architects, and students with contemporary urban design paradigms and principles, processes, and design tools for various project types and scales.