John Punter

The Vancouver Achievement

Urban Planning and Design

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

John Punter is a professor of urban design in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff University, Wales.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 777g
• ISBN-13: 9780774809726
• ISBN-10: 0774809728
• Artikelnr.: 22392669

Autorenporträt

John Punter is a professor of urban design in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff University, Wales.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Urban Design as Public Policy in North America
1 Introducing Vancouver
Part 1: Setting a New Planning Agenda
2 TEAM and the Reform of Planning, 1972-80
3 Creating a Livable Central Area, 1975-91
Part 2: Designing Neighbourhoods
4 Single-Family Neighbourhoods, 1980-2000
5 CityPlan, 1992-2000 6. Megaprojects on the Waterfront, 1987-2000
7 Downtown Vancouver, 1991-2000
Part 3: Regulating Development and Improving Design
8 Reforming Permit Processing and Development Levies, 1980-2000
9 Discretionary Control and Design Quality, 1997-2000
10 Conclusion: Assessing Vancouver's Achievement Postscript
Appendices:
1 Awards for planning and design in Vancouver
2 Chronology of key planning initiatives, policy documents, government
policies, and politics in the City of Vancouver, 1965-2001
3 Organization charts for the city planning function, 1975-2001
Glossary
References
Figure
Credits
Index