3rd Edition

Public Places Urban Spaces The Dimensions of Urban Design

By Matthew Carmona Copyright 2021
690 Pages 778 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

690 Pages 778 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

690 Pages 778 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

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.

‘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