Emily Talen, Sungduck Lee

Urban Density Contextualized

Design Strategies for Building Density in Cities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides planners with the tools to understand, assess, and implement urban density successfully. It explores the social context of urban density, and how it plays a role in urban design and planning strategies. It is essential for urban planners, architects, landscape architects and others working in design and planning fields.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032349091
• ISBN-10: 1032349093
• Artikelnr.: 72542642

Autorenporträt

Sungduck Lee is Assistant Professor in the Department of Design Innovation at the University of Minnesota, with a background in urban design and urbanism. Her research and teaching interest lies at the intersection of social geography and visual communication. She directs the Geosocial Visualization Research Lab that explores various social characteristics of communities, and their relationship to geospatial context. Emily Talen is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Chicago, where she teaches urban design and directs the Urbanism Lab. Her previous books include New Urbanism and American Planning; Design for Diversity, Urban Design Reclaimed; City Rules; Neighborhood; and What Cities Say.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Density in three contexts: An interpretation 3. The
spatial pattern of density: does it make sense? 4. Density in context 5.
Density dimensions and preferences 6. Density strategies for living closer
7. Conclusion