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There is an emerging consensus that urban street layouts should be planned with greater attention to 'placemaking' and urban design quality, while maintaining the conventional transport functions of accessibility and connectivity. However, it is not always clear how this might be achieved: we still tend to have different sets of guidance for main road networks and for local streetgrids. What is needed is a framework that addresses both of these, plus main streets - that don't easily fit either set of guidance - in an integrative manner. Streets and Patterns takes up this chall

Title Streets & patterns / Stephen Marshall.
Additional Titles Streets and patterns
Edition First edition.
Publisher London
New York : Spon Press
Creation Date 2005
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-312) and index.
English
Content Book Cover
Title
Contents
Illustration credits
Preface
Introduction
The challenge
Street type and hierarchy
Pattern type
Route structure
Connectivity and complexity
The constitution of structure
Modes, streets and places
From streets to patterns
Conclusions
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Extent 1 online resource (333 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010708022605171
MARC RECORDS
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