The Code of the City: Standards and the Hidden Language of Place Making

by Eran Ben-Joseph

Book Overview

Standards and codes dictate virtually all aspects of urban development. The same standards for subdividing land, grading, laying streets and utilities, and configuring rights-of-way and street widths to accommodate cars (rather than pedestrians) have been adopted in many areas of the world regardless of variations in local environments. In The Code of the City, Eran Ben-Joseph examines the relationship between standards and place making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262524457
• ISBN13: 9780262524452
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher