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Time-saver standards for urban design
Title
Time-saver standards for urban design [electronic resource] / editors, Donald Watson, Alan Plattus, Robert G. Shibley.
ISBN
007068507X (print)
007145361X
9780070685079
Published
New York : McGraw-Hill, [2003]
Physical Description
1 online resource : ill.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Print version cc2003.
Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on April 30, 2007.
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Other formats
Also issued in print and PDF version.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 30, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Context of urbanization
pt. 2. Classic texts of urban design
pt. 3. Urban design history and theory
pt. 4. Principles and practices of urban design
pt. 5. Regional and urban-wide scale
pt. 6. Elements of the city
pt. 7. Urban design details
pt. 8. Case studies in urban design.
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