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Cities for people

Gehl, Jan

For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use--or could use--the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people. Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Gehl explains how to develop cities that are lively, safe, sustainable, and healthy. The book is extensively illustrated with over 700 photos and drawings of examples from Gehl's work around the globe.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Richard Rogers -- Preface by the author -- Chapter 1: The Human Dimension -- 1.1 The human dimension -- 1.2 First we shape the cities - then they shape us -- 1.3 The city as meeting place -- Chapter 2. Senses and scale -- 2.1 Senses and scale -- 2.2 Senses and communication -- 2.3 The shattered scale -- Chapter 3. The lively, safe, sustainable, and healthy city -- 3.1 The lively city -- 3.2 The safe city -- 3.3 The sustainable city -- 3.4 The healthy city -- Chapter 4. The city at eye level -- 4.1 The battle for quality is on the small scale -- 4.2 Good cities for walking -- 4.3 Good cities for staying -- 4.4 Good cities for meeting -- 4.5 Self-expression, play, and exercise -- 4.6 Good places, fine scale -- 4.7 Good weather at eye level, please -- 4.8 Beautiful cities, good experiences -- 4.9 Good cities for bicycling -- Chapter 5. Life, space, buildings- in that order -- 5.1 The Brazília Syndrome -- 5.2 Life, space, buildings - in that order -- Chapter 6. Developing cities -- 6.1 Developing cities -- 6.2 The human dimension - a universal starting point -- Chapter 7. Toolbox -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustrations and photos -- Index.