Shaping Places: Urban Planning, Design and Development

by Steve Tiesdell and David Adams

Book Overview

Shaping Places explains how towns and cities can turn real estate development to their advantage to create the kind of places where people want to live, work, relax and invest. It contends that the production of quality places which enhance economic prosperity, social cohesion and environmental sustainability require a transformation of market outcomes. The core of the book explores why this is essential, and how it can be delivered, by linking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415497965
• ISBN13: 9780415497961
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 368 Pages