Cities for People

by Jan Gehl

Book Overview

For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use--or could use--the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159726573X
• ISBN13: 9781597265737
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 10.0"