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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 emphasizes four human issues that he sees as essential to successful city planning. He explains how to develop cities that are Lively, Safe, Sustainable, and Healthy. Focusing on these issues leads Gehl to think of even the largest city on a very small scale. For Gehl, the urban landscape must be considered through the five human senses and experienced at the speed of walking rather than at the speed of riding in a car or bus or train. This small-scale view, he argues, is too frequently neglected in contemporary projects. In a final chapter, Gehl makes a plea for city planning on a human scale in the fast- growing cities of developing countries. A Toolbox, presenting key principles, overviews of methods, and keyword lists, concludes the book. The book is extensively illustrated with over 700 photos and drawings of examples from Gehl's work around the globe.

Sociology of environment --- Environmental planning --- Social geography --- Economic geography --- comprehensive plans [reports] --- urban sociology --- urban development --- cities --- ruimtelijke ordening --- City planning --- Cities and towns --- City and town life. --- Public spaces. --- Open spaces. --- Architecture --- Quality of life. --- Public health. --- Social aspects. --- Environmental aspects. --- Human factors. --- Stadsontwikkeling. --- City life --- Town life --- Urban life --- Sociology, Urban --- Public places --- Social areas --- Urban public spaces --- Urban spaces --- Human factors in architecture --- Human engineering --- Architecture and society --- Buildings --- Environmental engineering --- City and town life --- Public spaces --- Vie urbaine --- Urbanisme --- Villes --- Espaces publics --- Social aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Human factors --- Aspect social --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Facteurs humains --- Open spaces --- Public health --- Quality of life --- 711.4 --- 711.61 --- 711.6 --- 711.7 --- 711.07 --- 711.4(C) --- 711.558 --- Gehl, Jan --- Duurzame stedenbouw --- Fragile --- Mobiliteit ; vervoer --- Openbare plaatsen en stedelijkheid --- Steden ; ontwerpen ; 21ste eeuw --- Steden ; op menselijke maat --- Steden ; vormgeving ; analyse ; 21ste eeuw --- Verkeer en vervoer ; steden --- 711.6 Stadsplanning: stedelijke verkaveling; bebouwingswijze --- Stadsplanning: stedelijke verkaveling; bebouwingswijze --- 711.4 Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- Life, Quality of --- Economic history --- Human ecology --- Life --- Social history --- Basic needs --- Human comfort --- Social accounting --- Work-life balance --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Land use --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Stedenbouw --- Openbare ruimte --- Publieke ruimte --- Stadsplanning --- Mobiliteit --- Verkeer (planologie) --- Stedenbouwkundigen --- Stedenbouw. Ruimtelijke ordening ; vormgeving en analyse van de stad --- Stedenbouw. Ruimtelijke ordening ; recreatieterreinen --- Stedenbouw. Ruimtelijke ordening ; pleinen, open ruimten --- Built environment --- Architectuur. --- Sociologie. --- Stedenbouw. --- Duurzame Stedenbouw. --- Milieu. --- City planning.