1st Edition

Grid/ Street/ Place Essential Elements of Sustainable Urban Districts

By Nathan Cherry Copyright 2009
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Today's urban resident is seeking a more flexible, sustainable environment-representing a unique, diverse, vibrant, and responsible way of living-as an alternative to the typical development patterns of suburban and semi-urban sprawl. Can urban design help create this type of sustainable urbanism? Grid Street Place presents a uni

1. Classic Districts 2. Mixed Use Districts 3. Squares, Greens and Parks 4. Shopping Streets 5. Places

Biography

Nathan B. Cherry, AICP, is vice president and director of the Planning and Urban Design Group of RTKL Associates