| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 350 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-344) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The Evolution of Downtown Form. 1. The Changing Face of Downtown. 2. Models of Downtown Design. 3. Corporate Production of Downtown Space -- pt. 2. The Politics of Development. 4. The Politics of Place Making. 5. The Two Faces of Downtown. 6. Public Life and Space in Transition -- pt. 3. The Poetics of Form. 7. The Poetics of Corporate Open Spaces. 8. One Percent Aesthetics. 9. Theming and Stage Setting: The Story of Production and Promotion. 10. Postmodern Urban Form. Epilogue: Challenges for Downtown Urban Design. |
| Summary |
"The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of Urban Design Downtown explore the poetics of design and the politics and economics of development decisions, offering a critical appraisal of the emerging appearance and design of downtown urban form."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
City planning -- California -- Case studies.
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City planning. |
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California. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Central business districts -- California -- Case studies.
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Central business districts. |
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Urban policy -- California -- Case studies.
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Urban policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Banerjee, Tridib.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, 1958- Urban design downtown. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998 0520209303 (DLC) 97010758 (OCoLC)36675991 |
| ISBN |
9780520919327 (electronic book) |
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0520919327 (electronic book) |
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0585047804 (electronic book) |
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9780585047805 (electronic book) |
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0520209303 |
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