How Cities Work
An Introduction
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1977
- Latest edition
- Author: Barrie Needham
- Language: English
How Cities Work: An Introduction discusses how cities work and compares methods used in understanding the cities. Organized into five parts, this book begins by elucidating the… Read more
Description
Description
How Cities Work: An Introduction discusses how cities work and compares methods used in understanding the cities.
Organized into five parts, this book begins by elucidating the interactions between city and its region, as well as between people and facilities. Subsequent part explains how the interactions of activities, people, and buildings cause activities to cluster into functional areas and how functional areas interact with each other. The effect of public policies on cities and an economic viewpoint on how cities work are also described.
This book will be valuable to citizens and planners of the cities.
Table of contents
Table of contents
Two Tales of a City
1. Studying the City
2. Examples of Planning Mistakes
Interactions between a City and Its Region
3. Flows of People
4. Floods and Overspills
Interactions between People and Facilities
5. People and Housing
6. People and Industry
7. People and Commercial Services
Distance and Location
8. Interactions between Activities and Locations
9. Interactions between Social Groups, House Types, and House Locations
10. Interactions between Traffic and Land Use
Improving Cities
11. The Effects of Public Policies on Cities
Other Approaches
12. How Cities Work: an Economic Viewpoint
Index
Other Titles in the Series
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: December 28, 2013
- Language: English