Urban design is the process of designing and shaping the physical forms of cities, towns,
and suburbs. It involves the arrangement and design of street systems, groups of buildings …

Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory
and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear …

This paper explores the link between the quality of the built environment and its value, in
health, social, economic and environmental terms. This is theorized as 'place value'which …

This paper explores the crisis in our traditional shopping streets driven by the rapid move to
shopping online. The paper examines the nature of traditional shopping streets; why …

This article presents a recently developed walkability-based approach to evaluating the built
environment's relationship to pedestrian activity, as well as the application of this evaluation …

Urban geometry plays a critical role in determining paths for pedestrian flow in urban areas.
To improve the urban planning processes and to enhance quality of life for end-users in …

If well planned and designed, suburban high streets can fulfil important economic functions
and carry social significance, in addition to allowing for the passage of traffic. However, in …

The planning for and design of streets around the world have been undergoing a radical
change via a move from a network efficiency model to a movement and place-based one …

Names: Netto, Vinicius M., author. Title: The social fabric of cities/Vinicius M. Netto.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2017.| Includes bibliographical …

Historical street scenes materialize essential cultural and artistic values for the cities in
which they are located and their citizens. However, the visual quality of historical scenes is …