Placemaking: An Urban Design Methodology

by Derek Thomas

End-users provide the most valuable perspective and insights into how public social space should function. Much of the failure of urban settings can be related to over-structured urban environments which deterministically prescribe usage, constraining instead of enabling socio-spatial performance.

Planning decisions by specialists should be made with the participation of the end-user to minimise uncertainty as far as possible, creating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138124508
• ISBN13: 9781138124509
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"