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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 vi...

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Main Authors: Gehl, Jan (Author), Svarre, Birgitte (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Island Press/Center for Resource Economics Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by George Ferguson
  • Preface
  • 1. Public Space, Public Life: An Interaction
  • 2. Who, What, Where?
  • 3. Counting, Mapping, Tracking and Other Tools
  • 4. Public Life Studies from a Historical Perspective
  • 5. How They Did It: Research Notes
  • 6. Public Life Studies in Practice
  • 7. Public Life Studies and Urban Policy
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration and Photo Credits.