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<p>How do cities transform over time? And why do some cities change for the better while others deteriorate? In articulating new ways of viewing urban areas and how they develop over time, Peter Bosselmann offers a stimulating guidebook for students and professionals engaged in urban design, planning, and architecture. By looking through Bosselmann’s eyes (aided by his analysis of numerous color photos and illustrations) readers will learn to "see” cities anew.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Bosselmann organizes the book around seven "activities”: <i>comparing, observing, transforming, measuring, defining, modeling,</i> and <i>interpreting</i>.&nbsp; He introduces readers to his way of seeing by comparing satellite-produced "maps” of the world’s twenty largest cities. With Bosselmann’s guidance, we begin to understand the key elements of urban design. Using Copenhagen, Denmark, as an example, he teaches us to observe without prejudice or bias.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>He demonstrates how cities transform by introducing the idea of "urban morphology” through an examination of more than a century of transformations in downtown Oakland, California. We learn how to measure quality-of-life parameters

Author

Peter Bosselmann

Publisher

ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО АКАДЕМИИ НАУК СССР

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781597264815

Subjects

Sociology, Architecture, Social Science