Measuring Urban Design: Metrics for Livable Places

✍ Scribed by Prof. Reid Ewing, Otto Clemente, Kathryn M. Neckerman, Marnie Purciel-Hill, James W. Quinn, Andrew Rundle (auth.)

Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 192
Series: Metropolitan Planning + Design
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction 1 ....Pages 1-23
Data Collection....Pages 25-34
Analysis and Final Steps....Pages 35-62
Urban Design Qualities for New York City....Pages 63-82
Validation of Measures....Pages 83-98
Field Manual....Pages 99-135
Back Matter....Pages 137-183

✦ Subjects

Environmental Health; Urbanism; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Urban Ecology

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