Urban Open Space: Designing For User Needs (Landscape Architecture Foundation Land and Community Design Case Study Series)
By Mark Francis.
Description
Research has shown that successful public spaces are ones that are responsive to the needs of their users, are democratic in their accessibility, and are meaningful for the larger community and society. While considerable research has been done on needs and conflicts in open space, no one document integrates all this knowledge and makes it available to professionals, students, and researchers. Based on archival research; published case studies; site visits; and interviews with researchers, open space designers, managers, and users, Urban Open Space looks across several seminal studies to gl...
ISBN(s)
1559631139, 9781559631136
