TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alvarez,Laura B.
TI  - A beginner's guide to urban design and development: the ABC of quality, sustainable design 
SN  - 9781003244059
AV  - NA9053.E58 
U1  - 307.1/416 23/eng/20221026
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sustainable design
KW  - City planning
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Sustainable architecture
KW  - Sustainable urban development
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / Landscape
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
N2  - "This book provides invaluable guidance to all those with an interest in placemaking and the built environment, from those with no experience to those who have worked for many years in industry, illustrating key principles that will secure higher quality, more sustainable design in accessible, jargon-free language. The author explains the design process in a straightforward way, exploring the different roles and highlighting the opportunities and limitations different agencies have to influence design over the various stages of the process. Examples from the UK and worldwide look at how the system operates and how best practice can make a real difference on the ground. Case studies examine situations where quality or sustainability fell short - and how this could have been avoided. This book also showcases a variety of evaluation tools, explaining how they operate, and giving guidance on how to create project-specific tools to drive schemes forward. With community empowerment at its core, the book explains technical language and shares bountiful knowledge to broaden place democracy and make influencing design accessible to many, not just a few. This is a book that brings together all the various parties involved in shaping the built environment, demonstrating that collaboration and mutual understanding are key to achieving better quality, more sustainable design"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003244059
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -