Elizabeth Burton, Lynne Mitchell

Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addresses the design needs of older people in the outdoor environment. This book provides the six design principles for streets for life and their many individual components. It features illustrations and maps. It is intended for professionals and researchers from a number of disciplines including urban designers, planners and gerontologists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: Y127721
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 188mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780750664585
• ISBN-10: 0750664584
• Artikelnr.: 20899724

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Burton, Lynne Mitcpson

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1;Streets for Life - Why?;The origins of the Streets for Life concept;The need for dementia-friendly streets;Older people's experiences of their local streets;Part 2;Streets for Life - How?;Introduction;Familiarity;Legibility; Distinctiveness;Accessibility;Comfort;Safety;Part 3; Streets for Life - The Future?;Streets for Life in practice;Going further with Streets for Life;Bibliography;Subject index

Rezensionen

"a well researched and easy-to-read book"
Building Engineer, August 2007

"This is an excellent book which places the
importance of including the needs of older people firmly on the urban design agenda."
Urban Policy and Research, 25:2, 2007