| Description |
352 pages |
| Summary |
This book gives a fascinating account of the state of urban design practice across the world today. Aimed broadly at practitioners - masterplanners, architects, landscape architects, planners, civil engineers - and students and academics of these disciplines, twenty chapters analyse a different country's urban design context. Fully illustrated and structured in a similar way, each chapter features a case study, general background economic statistics, and a handy 'quick guide' to the types of work available, the underlying legislation and tips for securing work.Features chapters of the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, Dubai, Egypt, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and the USA |
| Subject |
City planning.
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| ISBN |
9781859464496 |
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1859464491 |
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