
Design for Diversity
Exploring Socially Mixed Neighbourhoods
Architectural Press
1st Edition
Published on 23. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
252 pages
978-0-7506-8117-9 (ISBN)
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Description
The city is more than just a sum of its buildings; it is the sum of its communities. The most successful urban communities are very often those that are the most diverse - in terms of income, age, family structure and ethnicity - and yet poor urban design and planning can stifle the very diversity that makes communities successful.
Just as poor urban design can lead to sterile monoculture, successful planning can support the conditions needed for diverse communities. Emily Talen explores the linkage between urban forms and social diversity, and how one impacts the other. Learning the lessons from past successes and failures, and building from detailed case studies of different neighborhoods, Design for Diversity provides urban designers and architects with design strategies and tools to ensure that their work sustains and nurtures social diversity.
Just as poor urban design can lead to sterile monoculture, successful planning can support the conditions needed for diverse communities. Emily Talen explores the linkage between urban forms and social diversity, and how one impacts the other. Learning the lessons from past successes and failures, and building from detailed case studies of different neighborhoods, Design for Diversity provides urban designers and architects with design strategies and tools to ensure that their work sustains and nurtures social diversity.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Urban planners, architects, landscape architects, other professionals and policy makers in design and planning. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in planning, urban design courses.
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-8117-9 (9780750681179)
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Content
Introduction: Diversity and Design; Part One - The Argument - Separation vs. Diversity; Why Diversity?; Why Design?; Part Two - The Context -Patterns; The Interviews; Part Three - The Strategies - Mix; Connection; Security; Conclusion: Policy and Process; Bibliography