1st Edition

Grid/ Street/ Place Essential Elements of Sustainable Urban Districts

By Nathan Cherry Copyright 2009
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    Today's urban resident is seeking a more flexible, sustainable environment-representing a unique, diverse, vibrant, and responsible way of living-as an alternative to the typical development patterns of suburban and semi-urban sprawl. Can urban design help create this type of sustainable urbanism? Grid Street Place presents a uni

    1. Classic Districts 2. Mixed Use Districts 3. Squares, Greens and Parks 4. Shopping Streets 5. Places

    Biography

    Nathan B. Cherry, AICP, is vice president and director of the Planning and Urban Design Group of RTKL Associates