How to Study Public Life How to Study Public Life

How to Study Public Life

    • $38.99
    • $38.99

Publisher Description

How do we accommodate a growing urban population in a way that is sustainable, equitable, and inviting? This question is becoming increasingly urgent to answer as we face diminishing fossil-fuel resources and the effects of a changing climate while global cities continue to compete to be the most vibrant centers of culture, knowledge, and finance.

Jan Gehl has been examining this question since the 1960s, when few urban designers or planners were thinking about designing cities for people. But given the unpredictable, complex and ephemeral nature of life in cities, how can we best design public infrastructure—vital to cities for getting from place to place, or staying in place—for human use? Studying city life and understanding the factors that encourage or discourage use is the key to designing inviting public space.

In How to Study Public Life Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre draw from their combined experience of over 50 years to provide a history of public-life study as well as methods and tools necessary to recapture city life as an important planning dimension.

This type of systematic study began in earnest in the 1960s, when several researchers and journalists on different continents criticized urban planning for having forgotten life in the city. City life studies provide knowledge about human behavior in the built environment in an attempt to put it on an equal footing with knowledge about urban elements such as buildings and transport systems. Studies can be used as input in the decision-making process,  as part of overall planning, or in designing individual projects such as streets, squares or parks. The original goal is still the goal today: to recapture city life as an important planning dimension. Anyone interested in improving city life will find inspiration, tools, and examples in this invaluable guide.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2013
October 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
196
Pages
PUBLISHER
Island Press
SELLER
Chicago Distribution Center
SIZE
29.6
MB
Urban Squares Urban Squares
2016
Companion to Public Space Companion to Public Space
2020
Companion to Urban Design Companion to Urban Design
2011
Walking in the European City Walking in the European City
2016
Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe
2013
Public Spaces Public Spaces
2016
The 15-Minute City The 15-Minute City
2024
Cities for People Cities for People
2013
Life Between Buildings Life Between Buildings
2012