Urban connections in the contemporary pedestrian landscape. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Philip Pregill.
• Authors: Pregill, Philip, 1944-
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Introduction; 1 Contexts and connections; 1.1 Physical and cultural factors; 1.2 Connections: history and function; 1.3 Function and opportunities; 1.4 Influences: from form to places; 1.5 Complexity and coherence: legibility and orientation; 1.6 Aesthetics and identity; 1.7 Contexts and contemporary sources; 1.8 From contexts to experience; 2 Connections and pedestrian experience; 2.1 Contexts and primary factors; 2.2 Connection affordance: sources and opportunities; 2.3 Gestalt, ecological, and predictive coding influences 2.4 Contexts and sources intention and experience; 2.5 Location, movement, and time; 2.6 Preferences and standards; 2.7 Inductive and deductive applications; 2.8 Aesthetics and identity; 2.9 Arterial, collector, and local connections; 3 Arterials: conveyance and access; 3.1 Structure and function; 3.2 Orientation and connection; 3.3 Standards and preferences; 3.4 Walkability: intersections and crosswalks; 3.5 Medians: functions and applications; 3.6 Complete streets and urban greening; 3.7 Tactical urbanism: inductive and deductive opportunities 3.8 Contemporary applications and opportunities4 Collectors: diversity and focus; 4.1 Midway connections: structure and function; 4.2 Pedestrian preferences and standards; 4.3 Intersections and cross-connections; 4.4 Crosswalks: edges and places; 4.5 Contemporary applications and effects; 4.6 Places and interventions; 4.7 Green avenues and smart streets; 4.8 Inductive and deductive applications: aesthetics and identity; 4.9 Contemporary applications and prospects; 5 Local connections: scale and places; 5.1 Scale and enclosure: surfaces and places; 5.2 Function and standards 5.3 Interior transitions: places and details5.4 Contemporary applications: permanent and temporary; 5.5 Green alleys and places; 5.6 Guerrilla gardening: tactical urbanism; 5.7 Experience, aesthetics, and identity; 5.8 Issues, strategies, and prospects; 6 Contemporary connections: resources and initiatives; 6.1 Community vision and outcomes; 6.2 Connections and walkability; 6.3 Connections and livability; 6.4 Contemporary applications: public and independent; 6.5 Urban greening: connections and places; 6.6 Smart Cities, smart streets, Complete Streets 6.7 Information technology and holistic streets6.8 Opportunities: working with the context; 6.9 Inductive and deductive responses; 6.10 Pedestrian experience, urban identity; 7 Future connections; 7.1 Community vision; 7.2 Safe streets; 7.3 Walkability and livability; 7.4 Shared streets; 7.5 Complete Streets; 7.6 Aesthetics and identity; 7.7 Preferences: safety and walkability; 7.8 Edges and amenities; 7.9 Inductive and deductive influences and identity; 7.10 Strategies and initiatives; 7.11 Downtown contexts; 7.12 Connections and prospect; Index
• Publisher Details: Milton : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (187 pages)
• Subjects: 717; Pedestrian areas; Urban landscape architecture; ARCHITECTURE -- Landscape; ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning; Pedestrian areas; Urban landscape architecture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351129633; 1351129635; 9781351129640; 1351129643; 9781351129626; 1351129627; 9781351129619; 1351129619
• Related ISBNs: 0815355580; 9780815355588
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• 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.