The urban experience : a people-environment perspective : proceedings of the 13th Conference of the International Association for People-Environment Studies held on 13-15 July 1994
01 Jan 1994-
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the issues in design and use of urban spaces, and their solutions for urban renewal and urban renewal in the context of house-form and culture.
Abstract: List of contributors. Preface. Part One: Participation and urban design. Myth, Memory and Experience. Urban Housing: House-form and culture. Urban Housing: Issues in design and use. Participation and Urban Development. Urban challenges. Urban design, history and context. Psychology and the city. Part Two: User needs and evaluation. Urban Housing: satisfaction. Urban Renewal: strategies for urban regeneration. Urban Renewal: planning. Urban Renewal: open space. Urban Landscape: public space. Part Three: Environmental Education and Urban Theory. Urban landscape: transport and communications. Urban cognition. Experiencing and evaluating the urban landscape. Experience of urban private open space. Urban cultures and conflicts. Urban histories. Urban education. English index. French index.
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