Shaping Neighbourhoods
For local health and global sustainability
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-26009-1
- Binding: Paperback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 21st November 2002
- Pages: 256
- Illustrations: 54 line drawings and 140 b+w photos
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About the Book
Current policies in planning emphasise the importance of rejuvenating neighbourhoods. This new guide bridges the gap between rhetoric and reality, promoting an interprofessional and collaborative approach to making localities work. The objective is to design neighbourhoods that are healthy, safe, friendly and attractive for residents and users, whilst being more self-sustaining in terms of water, energy, local services and work. Social inclusion, accessibility and the quality of the public realm are central tenets.
Shaping Neighbourhoods is distinctive in showing not only what should be done but also how it could be done. Expounded with illustrations and case-studies, this practical guide provides a beneficial reference for planners and all those involved in the processes of urban design.
Reviews
'Shaping Neighbourhoods emphasises the scale of the challenge confronting local decision-makers planners practitioners and resource managers in engaging with their residents to accelerate the profound step changes needed to generate neighbourhoods characterised by joined-up social equality prosperity and environmental integrity. It is a readable and accessible volume.' - Town and Country Planning
Table of Contents
1. Orientation and Principles Neighbourhood as Habitat. Neighbourhood in Focus.
2. Neighbourhood Checklists Community Checklist. Investors Checklist.
3. A Neighbourhood Planning Process Overview. The Collaborative Approach. Getting Going. Creating a Strategy. Making it Happen. Case Studies.
4. Providing for Local Needs People and Community. Access to Jobs. Access to Local Facilities. Planning Movement. Case Studies.
5. Use of Local Resources Energy. Water. Food, Waste. Biodiversity. Case Studies.
6. Neighbourhood Design Neighbourhood Character. Key Structuring Elements. Shaping Towns and Townships. Designing Places. Case Studies. Sources. Index.
