Andy Coupland
Mixed use development is about retaining or creating a mix of different uses in cities or neighbourhoods. The trend in UK development has been towards specialisation and areas with single uses. Increasing the mix of uses is thought to reduce the need to travel, lower the likelihood of crime, improve the ambience and attractiveness of areas and contribute to the sustainability of cities.|
first book on mixed-use development
comprehensive coverage; history to government policies
examples and illustrated case studies throughout
emerging area of government policy in 1990s
Preface. An introduction to mixed use development. Part One: Why study mixed use development? A history of mixed uses. Mixed use development as an agent of sustainability. Cities, tourism and mixed uses. Part Two: Mixed use development: theory. Mixed use development and the property market. Mixed uses and urban design. Crime and mixed use development. Part Three: Mixed use development in practice. Local policy and mixed uses. Why developers build mixed use schemes. Mixed use and exclusion in the international city. Mixed use development: some conclusions. Index.
This is a book based on a research project taking a critical look at mixed-use development. It examines the history and development of land use zoning.
'Reclaiming the City offers a series of essays and case studies whose diversity and variety are unified by their advocacy and enthusiasm for mixed use' - The Lecturer, October 1997
'This new book shines welcome light through the fog that has characterized the debate about mixed use development in the UK recently.' - Urban Villages Forum
'...a timely study...well illustrated' - Geography
'...a useful addition to an all too restricted literature on a highly topical aspect of public policy' - Journal of Urban Design
"very timely...useful...wide ranging book...raises important issues...I would certainly commend Reclaiming the City to anyone interested in mixed-use development" - Town Planning Review
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface. An introduction to mixed use development. Part One: Why study mixed use development? A history of mixed uses. Mixed use development as an agent of sustainability. Cities, tourism and mixed uses. Part Two: Mixed use development: theory. Mixed use development and the property market. Mixed uses and urban design. Crime and mixed use development. Part Three: Mixed use development in practice. Local policy and mixed uses. Why developers build mixed use schemes. Mixed use and exclusion in the international city. Mixed use development: some conclusions. Index.
Klappentext
Patterns of development of Britain's cities have evolved in new ways in the 1990s. Government, town planners and property developers have started to realize that there are benefits in having more people living in city centres. The low density suburban sprawl around cities and the economic and environmental costs of relying on complex transport systems to service these arrangements now cause concern. At the same time buildings in many fringe areas of the city centres have become abandoned as their activities become obsolete and the buildings inappropriate for modern technological requirements. Reclaiming the City is a book based on a research project taking a critical look at mixed use development. It examines the history and development of land use zoning and the reasons why concerns for more sustainable cities lead to a greater mix of uses. It examines examples of policies and schemes which have created new mixed use developments and the attitudes of developers involved in such schemes. Planners, architects, urban designers and those involved in the property industry will find this book both timely and useful.
