Measuring Urban Design Metrics for Livable Places
What makes strolling down a particular street enjoyable? The authors of Measuring Urban Design argue it's not an idle question. Inviting streets are the centerpiece of thriving, sustainable communities, but it can be difficult to pinpoint the precise desi
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Metropolitan Planning + Design Series editors: Arthur C. Nelson and Reid Ewing A collaboration between Island Press and the University of Utah’s Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, this series provides a set of tools for students and professionals working to make our cities and metropolitan areas more sustainable, livable, prosperous, resilient, and equitable. As the world’s population grows to nine billion by mid-century, the population of the US will rise to one-half billion. Along the way, the physical landscape will be transformed. Indeed, two-thirds of the built environment in the US at mid-century will be constructed between now and then, presenting a monumental opportunity to reshape the places we live. The Metropolitan Planning + Design series presents an integrated approach to addressing this challenge, involving the fields of planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, public policy, environmental studies, geography, and civil and environmental engineering. The series draws from the expertise of some of the world’s leading scholars in the field of Metropolitan Planning + Design. Please see Islandpress.org/Utah/ for more information. Other books in the series: The TDR Handbook, Arthur C. Nelson, Rick Pruetz, and Doug Woodruff (2011) Stewardship of the Built Environment, Robert Young (2012) Governance and Equity, Marc Brenman and Thomas W. Sanchez (2012) Good Urbanism: Six Steps to Creating Prosperous Places, Nan Ellin (2012)
Measuring Urban Design Metrics for Livable Places Reid Ewing & Otto Clemente with Kathryn M. Neckerman Marnie Purciel-Hill James W. Quinn Andrew Rundle
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2013 Reid Ewing and Otto Clemente All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, 2000 M St. NW Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036 Island Press is a trademark of The Center for Resource Economics. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ewing, Reid H. Measuring urban design : metrics for livable places / Reid Ewing and Otto Clemente with Kathryn M. Neckerman, Marnie Purciel-Hill, James W. Quinn, Andrew Rundle.
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Summary: “What makes strolling down a particular street enjoyable? The authors of Measuring Urban Design argue it’s not an idle question. Inviting streets are the centerpiece of thriving, sustainable communities, but it can be difficult to pinpoint the precise design elements that make an area appealing. This accessible guide removes the mystery, providing clear methods to assess urban design. The book provides operational definitions and measurement protocols of five intangible qualities of urban design, specifically: imageability, visual enclosure, human scale, transparency, and complexity. The result is a reliable field survey instrument gro
