Screen LibraryThe evolution of urban form：typology for planners and architects
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American Planning Association,
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| Publisher Address: | [U.S.] |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 129 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1932364870 (hbk.) 9781932364873 (hbk.) 1932364889 (pbk.) 9781932364880 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | TU984 |
| CLC: | TU984.712 |
| Call Number: | TU984.712/S315 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Most of the built environment is constructed following a few physical building patterns that occur over and over, or types. Planners, consciously and unconsciously, refer to building types as they work through urban design problems and regulation. Brenda Scheer's Typology is the first comprehensive guide to form-based typology and a basic guide for all planners and designers concerned with the physical configuration of the city. This book provides a fundamental understanding of how the physical environment is created, changed, and transformed through ordinary processes over time. Suitable fo |