Time- saver standards for urban design / edited by Donald Watson, Alan Plattus and Robert G. Shibley

Includes index.

1. Context of urbanization: Population and the urban future / Werner Fronos, Desikan Thirunarayanpuram, Harold N. Brudett -- Metropolis: the spatial organization of seven large cities / Alain Bertaud -- How the other half builds / Vikram Bhatt and Witold Rybczynski -- Jusctions of town and country / Spiro Kostof -- The regional city / Peter Calthorpe -- A realistic approach to city and suburban planning / Alexander Garvin. -- 2. Classic texts of urban design: City building according to artistic principles (1898) / Camillo Sitte -- Une cité industrielle (1917) / Tony Garnier -- Civic art (1922) / Werner Hagemann and Elbert Peets -- The neighborhood unit (1929) / Clarence Arthur Perry -- The Athens charter (1943) / Le Corbusier -- A tale of two cities (1949) / Steen Eiler Rasmussen -- The Radburn idea (1957) / Clarence S. Stein -- The square in space and time (1959) / Paul Zucker -- The city image and its elements (1960) / Kevin Lynch -- The generatore of diversity (1961) / Jane Jacobs -- Design structure of Baroque Rome (1976) / Edmund N. Bacon -- Social life of small urban spaces (1980) / William H. Whyte. -- 3. Urban design history and theory: Introduction to townscape / Gordon Cullen -- The grid as generator / Leslie Martin -- C.A. Doxiadis and the science of human settlements / Jurg Lang -- Urban infrastructures / Alison and Peter Smithson -- Shadrach Woods and the architecture of everyday urbanism / Gabriel Feld -- A significance for A & P parking lots, or learning from Las Vegas / Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour -- Problems of classification / Aldo Rossi -- Crisis of the object: predicament of texture / Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter -- Elements of the concept of urban space / Rob Krier -- Charter of the new urbanism / Congress of the New Urbanism. -- 4. Principles and practices of urban design: How plans work / Lewis D. Hopkins -- Representation and urban design / Matthew J. Bell and Cheryl A. O'Neill -- Making a visual survey / Paul D. Spreiregen -- Sketchbook: Piazza di Spagni, Rome / Robert Regis Dvořák -- Planning for urban conservation / Nahoum Cohen -- The solar envelope / Ralph Knowles -- Urban design and climate / Baruch Givoni -- Bioclamatic design at the site planning scale / Donald Watson and Kenneth Labs -- Sustainable design / Donald Watson, ed. -- Community design charrettes / Donald Watson with Chad Floyd -- Community design centers: an alternative practice / Sheri Blake -- 5. Regional and urban-wide scale: Design characteristics of Maryland's traditional settlements / John W. Hill -- Visualizing a region's future / Robert D. Yaro and Raymond W. Gastil -- Urban farming / Michael Hough -- Urban bikeways / James R. Klein and Elizabeth B. Larder -- Greenways / Loring LaB. Schwarz, ed. -- Heritage areas as an approach to regional planning / Mary C. Means -- Main Street -- two decades of lessons learned / Mary C. Means -- Transit-centered urban villages / Robert Cervero and Michael Bernick -- The concept of urban catalysts / Donn Logan and Wayne Attoe -- The Anglo-American suburb / Robert A.M. Stern -- Lexicon of the new urbanism / Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. -- 6. Elements of the city: Urban atriums / Michael J. Bednar -- Courtyards: guidelines for planning and space / John S. Reynolds -- Making great streets / Allan B. Jacobs -- The multiway boulevard / Elizabeth Macdonald -- Planning and design for pedestrians / John J. Fruin -- Pedestrian zones: a design guide / Robert Branbilla and Gianni Longo -- Pedestrian precincts: twelve European cities / R. Branbilla and G. Longo -- Urban plazas: design review checklist / Claire Cooper Marcus -- Shared outdoor spaces / C.C. Marcus -- Universal design in outdoor play areas / Susan Goltsman. -- 7. Urban design details: Universal design for urban transportation / Edward Steinfeld -- Traffic calming / Walter M. Kulash and Ian M. Lockwood -- Parking and circulation dimensions / Mark C. Childs -- Urban green infrastructures / Lynda H. Schneekloth, ed. -- Urban waterways / L.H. Schneekloth, ed. -- Graphic communication, way finding and interpretive planning / Donald Watson, ed. -- Better air quality at street level / Anne Whiston Sprin -- Acoustic considerations for urban design / James P. Cowan -- Urban telecommunications infrastructure / Walter A. Cooper -- Urban outdoor lighting / Nancy Clanton, ed. -- 8. Case studies in urban design: Case studies in urban design / Robert G. Shibley -- The 1972 Portland Downtown plan / Robert G. Shibley and David Herzberg -- Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA / R.G. Shibley and D. Herzberg -- Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA / R.G. Shibley and D. Herzberg -- Making and sustaining excellent urban places / R.G. Shibley, Emily Axelrod, Jay Farbstein, Polly Welch and Richard Wener.

This inaugural volume on the topic of urban design in the Time-Saver Standard series is written for easy reference by urban planners and designers, architects, landscape professionals, environmental engineers, civil and transportation engineers, as well as municipal government and planning officials. This “soon to be a classic” provides a one-volume reference that is indispensable for urban design policy and practice. It is equally valuable for the urban studies educators and students of architecture, urban design and planning.