Urban Design and People -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- PART ONE BACKGROUND -- Setting the Stage -- 1. People and Place -- How People Have Shaped Their Worlds -- Introduction -- Antecedents -- The 1960s -- The "Movement" and the Civic Environment -- Organizational Responses to the Rise of Citizen Participation -- Growing Pains-The Challenges of Citizen Participation -- Citizen Participation-Where We May Be Heading -- Summary -- 2. Urban Design Traditions -- Design and People-Spatial Models in the Built World -- Introduction -- The Organic Tradition -- The Formalist Tradition -- The Modernist Tradition -- Interactions and Overlaps of the Three Traditions -- Getting to Where We Are Today -- Environmentalist Responses-From Exploitation to Balance -- Design Responses-From Old Urbanism to New Urbanism, or Forward to the Past -- Citizen Participation and Urban Design-From Receiver to Transmitter -- The Place Design Disciplines-From Divergence to Convergence -- Summary -- PART TWO CONTENT -- The Elements of Urban Design -- 3. The Physical Environment -- The Places People Occupy -- The Natural World -- The Built World-What People Have Done with It -- Summary -- 4. Human Activity -- The Things People Do -- What People Have to Do, Want to Do, and Where They Do It -- Summary -- 5. Connections -- The Infrastructure That Ties People and Places Together -- Introduction -- Transportation -- Utilities -- Communications -- Summary -- PART THREE PRINCIPLES -- Principles for Urban Design Theory and Practice -- 6. Design -- Design Matters (or There's No "There" in There) -- Introduction -- Good Design Makes Better Places -- Design Places to Reflect the People Who Are or Will Be There -- Design Places Consciously and Holistically -- Design Is an Essential Skill -- Beware of "Solutionism".

Design in the Context of Time (and Motion) -- Summary -- 7. Change -- Change Happens -- Introduction -- Change Dynamics -- Framework for Understanding and Managing Change -- Trends in Change Management -- The Triad of Vision, Information, and Action -- Provide for Choice -- Be Ready -- Summary -- 8. Organization -- Coordination and Partnership -- Introduction -- Leadership -- Principles for Guiding Community Organizations -- Principles for Guiding Private Sector Organizations -- Principles for Guiding Government Organizations -- Summary -- PART FOUR PROCESSES -- What It Takes to Get It Done -- 9. Rules -- That Make Places What They Are -- Introduction -- Zoning -- Comprehensive Plans -- Public Improvement Plans -- Subdivision -- Public Works Standards -- Land Development Rules at the State and Federal Levels -- Special Purpose Rules -- Building and Life Safety Rules -- Financing Rules -- Summary -- 10. Tools -- Using the Right Tool Makes the Job Easier -- Introduction -- Process Tools and Resources -- Rules to Tools -- Summary -- 11. Techniques -- Putting the Tools to Use -- Introduction -- The Pieces -- Navigational Techniques -- Summary -- PART FIVE STRATEGIES -- 12. Strategies -- Merger of Processes and Resources -- Introduction -- Resources -- Strategic Considerations for Communities -- Strategic Considerations for Urban Designers -- Strategic Approaches for Recurring Development Problems -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Index.