Great Streets

• Main Author: Jacobs, Allan B (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge MIT Press 1995 (1999 printing)
• Subjects: Streets > Design; City planning; Architecture > Human factors; Pedestrian areas; Urban beautification
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: ix, 331 pages illustrations,maps. sc32 cm
• ISBN: 0262600234; 9780262600231

Which are the world's best streets, and what are the physical, designable characteristics that make them great? To answer these questions, Allan Jacobs has surveyed street users and design professionals and has studied a wide array of street types and urban spaces around the world. With more than 200 illustrations, all prepared by the author, along with analysis and statistics, Great Streets offers a wealth of information on street dimensions, plans, sections, and patterns of use, all systematically compared. It also reveals Jacobs's eye for the telling human and social details that bring streets and communities to life.