What makes a great city. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alexander Garvin.
• Authors: Garvin, Alexander
• Contents: Preface: What Makes a Great City -- 1: The Importance of the Public Realm -- 2: The Characteristics of the Public Realm -- 3: Open to Anybody -- 4: Something for Everybody -- 5: Attracting and Retaining Market Demand -- 6: Providing a Framework for Successful Urbanization -- 7: Sustaining a Habitable Environment -- 8: Nurturing and Supporting a Civil Society -- 9: Using the Public Realm to Shape Everyday Life -- 10: Creating a Public Realm for the Twenty-First Century.
• Publisher Details: Washington, DC : Island Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 307.1/216; Environment; City planning; Sociology, Urban; City planning; Sociology, Urban; Environment; Sustainable Development; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Urbanism; Landscape Architecture; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Architecture -- Urban & Land Use Planning; Architecture -- Landscape; Regional & area planning; Urban & municipal planning; Landscape art & architecture; Sustainable development; Regional planning; Architecture; Science -- Environmental Science; Sustainability; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781610917599; 1610917596; 9781610918244
• Related ISBNs: 9781610918244; 9781610917575; 161091757X; 9781610917582; 1610917588; 161091824X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 1, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.