Cities for PeopleJan Gehl
Cities for People
by Jan Gehl · first published 2010
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Synopsis: 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 essent
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I can recommended Danish architect Jan Gehl's book - Cities for People (https://www.amazon.com/Cities-People-Jan-Gehl/dp/159726573X) for inspiration.
on “New Cities” ↗You might be interested to learn about the Gehl Door Average, a metric that Jan Gehl came up with (based on his book Cities for People). It measures the number of doors per 100 meters of street frontage, and is a contributing factor to walkability: https://streets.mn/2014/11/06/front-doors-and-walkable-citie... Parking lots have a 0…
on “The Rise of “Movie-Set Urbanism”” ↗Here’s a few: - chapters 4 and 5 of SICP - Fowler: Refactoring, 2nd Edition - Gehl: Cities for People - Cohen: The Book of Numbers - Drnaso: Sabrina
on “Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2019?” ↗