Public Space: The Management Dimension

by Carmona Matthew

In both the UK and the US there is a sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism about the state of urban environments, particularly with the quality of everyday public spaces. Explanations for this have emphasized the poor quality of design that characterizes many new public spaces; spaces that are dominated by parking, roads infrastructure, introspective buildings, a lack of enclosure and a poor sense of place, and which in different ways for different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415396492
• ISBN13: 9780415396493
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.6"