Place Making: Developing Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages
- ISBN-10
- 0874208866
- ISBN-13
- 9780874208863
- Category
- Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Urban Land Institute
- Authors
- Charles C. Bohl, Dean Schwanke
Description
Addressing one of the hottest trends in real estate—the development of town centers and urban villages with mixed uses in pedestrian-friendly settings—this book will help navigate through the unique design and development issues and reveal how to make all elements work together.
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