Planning the built environment (Record no. 49326)
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| fixed length control field | 08132 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781884829420 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 711.4 |
| Item number | AND |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Anderson, Larz T. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Planning the built environment |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Chicago |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | American Planning Association |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2000 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xx,268p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>List of Figures xi<br/>List of Tables XV<br/>Acknowledgements xvii<br/>Introduction xix<br/>PART I-LAND<br/>1.Landforms 3<br/>Definition 3<br/>The Importance of the Study of Landforms to Designers of Urban Areas 3<br/>How Landforms Affect Urban Development 3<br/>The Influence of Landforms on the Location of Cities 5<br/>The Influence of Landforms on the Form of Cities 5<br/>Definitions of Some Frequently Used Geological Terms 7<br/>2. Maps 9<br/>Some Basic Definitions 9<br/>Map Scale 9<br/>Planimetric Maps and Topographic Maps 10<br/>Interpreting Topographic Maps 10<br/>Characteristics of Contours 13<br/>The Direction of the Flow of Water Over Terrain 15<br/>A Useful Tool for Reading Maps 15<br/>USGS Maps 16<br/>Measurin g Mapped Land Areas 17<br/>3. The Constraints of Slope.on Land Development 22<br/>Visualizing Slope 22<br/>The Concept of Slope Analysis 22<br/>The Effect of Slope on Land Uses 24<br/>Making a Slope Analysis 24<br/>PART II-UTILITIES<br/>4. Water Supply and Distribution 35<br/>A Brief History of Water Supply and Distribution in the United States 35<br/>The Basic Water Supply and Distribution System 35<br/>Macro Influences of Water Supply on Urban Form 36<br/>The Demand for Water 37<br/>Water Pressure 38<br/>Design Guidelines for Central Water Supply Systems 38<br/>Calculating the Potential Service Area of a Water Supply System 39<br/>Definitions 44<br/>The Wastewater Planning Process 51<br/>Design Guidelines for Sewers 52<br/>Simple Examples of Determining the Extent of Areas That Can Be Sewered 53<br/>Septic Tank Systems 54<br/>Design Guidelines for Septic Tank Systems 56<br/>Package Plants 57<br/>The Relationship of Wastewater Management and Urban Development 57<br/>Alternative Forms of Wastewater Management 58<br/>6. Storm Drainage 61<br/>Introduction 61<br/>Storm Drainage and City Location 61<br/>Influences of Storm Drainage on Urban Form 61<br/>Definitions 63<br/>Annual Distribution of Precipitation 64<br/>Summary of "The Storm Drainage System" 64<br/>Storm Sewers 64<br/>Calculating Runoff 66<br/>Determinants of Runoff Quantity 66<br/>Estimating Runoff Quantity 69<br/>The Rational Equation Method of Estimating Runoff 69<br/>Sources of Hydrologic Information 70<br/>7. "Other Utilities" 71<br/>The Influence of "Other Utilities" on Urban Form 71<br/>Characteristics of Various Utilities 71 Locations of Residential Utility Lines 73 <br/>Issues in Urban Development Concerning "Other Utilities" 73 <br/>PART III-TRANSPORTATION<br/>8.Introduction to Transportation Planning 79<br/>The Scope of Transportation Planning 79<br/>The Major Branches of Transportation Planning 80<br/>Definitions of Some Very Basic Transportation Terms 80<br/>An Overview of the Transportation Planning Process 81<br/>Comments on the Transportation Planning Process 85<br/>The Hierarchy of Streets 85<br/>Types of Streets and Highways 87<br/>9.Street Capacity 92<br/>Some Basic Definitions 92<br/>Potential Street Capacities 92<br/>Factors That Reduce Street Capacity 93<br/>Calculating Highway Capacity 97<br/>Why Calculate Highway Capacity? 97<br/>How Do We Describe Intensities of Highway Usage? 98<br/>The Level of Service Concept 98<br/>The Relationship of "Level of Service" and the "Volume-to-Capacity Ratio" 99<br/> 10. Basic Highway Design<br/>A Note on Terminology 104<br/>AASHTO Design Standards and Procedures 104<br/>Use of the Metric System 104<br/>Some Basic Road Design Questions 105 Average Daily Traffic 105<br/>Design Hourly Volume 106<br/>Designing for Peak-Hour Flows 106 Considering Directional Flows 106 <br/>Design Speed 107<br/>Design Level of Service 107<br/>Basic Road Design Procedures 107<br/>Horizontal Alignment Geometry 108 Minimum Safe Radius for Curves 110<br/>Superelevation Runoff and Transition Curves 111 <br/>Spiral Curves 112<br/>Sight Distance 112<br/>Vertical Alignment Geometry 115<br/>Interpreting "Stations" Shown on Plans of Roads 120 <br/>General Guidelines for Geometric Design 120 <br/>Procedures for Drawing Horizontal Curves 122<br/>11. Parking<br/>Introduction 125<br/>The Sizes of Cars and Their Effect on the Design of Parking Facilities 126 <br/>On-street Parking 126<br/>Forms of On-street Parking 126<br/>On-street Parallel Parking 127 <br/>On-street Angle Parking •127<br/>Design Guidelines for Parking Aisles and Stalls 127 <br/>Off-Street Parking Lots 129<br/>Methods of Off-Street Parking 131<br/>Design Options for Parking Garages 131 <br/>Criteria for Parking Garage Sites 132 <br/>Below-ground Parking Garages 132 <br/>Average Space Per Parking Stall 132 <br/>Costs of Off-Street Parking Facilities 133 <br/>Special Parking Topics 133<br/>12. Transit Planning<br/>Purpose 136<br/>Introduction 136<br/>Comparing Transit Service With the Use of Private Cars 136 <br/>Relative Travel Times for Some Hypothetical Situations 137 <br/>An Alternative Scenario 138<br/>The Use of Public Transit 138 <br/>Some Basic Definitions 139<br/>Definitions of Various Forms of Transit Service 139 <br/>Major Types of Transit Vehicles 140<br/>Speeds of Various Modes of Transit 141<br/>The Economic Costs of Building Transit Systems 142<br/>The Advantages and Disadvantages of Public Transit 143 <br/>The Feasibility of Transit in Relation to Trip-End Density 144 <br/>Goals in Transit Planning 146<br/>Issues in Transit Planning 146<br/>Alternative Forms of Transit 147<br/>Why Some New Forms of Transit May Have Been Passed By 148 <br/>Transit Planning Procedures 148<br/> PART IV-RESIDENTIAL AREAS<br/>13. Introduction to Housing<br/>A General Housing Goal 153 <br/>Some Specific Housing Goals 153 <br/>Some Housing Issues 154 <br/>Participants in Housing 154<br/>Some Housing Definitions 155 <br/>Forms of Housing 155<br/>The Need for a Variety of Housing Forms 165<br/>14.Residential Density 167<br/>Concepts of Residential Density 167<br/>Some Definitions 167<br/>Using Residential Density as a Design Tool 168<br/>Coverage and Floor Area Ratio 168<br/>Relationships Among Building Type, Residential Density, and Floor Area Ratio 169<br/>15.Neighborhood Planning<br/>History 177<br/>The Traditional Definition of the Neighborhood Unit 177 <br/>Reasons for Using the Neighborhood Concept 178 <br/>Positive Features of the Neighborhood Unit Concept 180 <br/>Criticisms of the Neighborhood Unit Concept 181 <br/>Neighborhoods in Established Urban Areas 182<br/>General Procedures Used for Neighborhood Planning 182<br/>Neighborhoods and The New Urbanism 183<br/>New Urbanists Use the Neighborhood Concept 185 Conclusions 185<br/>16. Street Design in Residential Areas<br/>Introduction 187<br/>Basic Residential Street Systems 187 <br/>Block Types 194<br/>Types of Residential Streets 195 <br/>Residential Streets 196<br/>Design Guidelines for Access Streets and Subcollector Streets 197<br/>Design Guidelines for Residential Collector Streets 198 <br/>Clear Sight Distance 199<br/>Residential Street/Lot Relationships 199<br/>General Guidelines for Residential Street Design 200 <br/>Parking in Subdivisions 201<br/>17. The Subdivision Process<br/>Background 203<br/>Why We Have Subdivision Regulations 203<br/>The Land Subdivision Process 204<br/>A Summary of the Subdivision Design Process 205<br/>A More Detailed Review of Phase I: Preparation of a "Preliminary Subdivision Map"<br/>Undertaking Phases II and III 213<br/>18. Single-Family Subdivisions<br/>Streets Serving Subdivisions 214<br/>Some General Guidelines Concerning Streets in Subdivisions 215<br/>Block and Lot Patterns for Subdivisions 215<br/>Block Sizes and Shapes 216<br/>Conventional Lot Sizes and Shapes 217<br/>Nonconventional Lots 217<br/>Cluster Development 220<br/>Siting Single-Family Structures 221<br/>Providing Community Facilities in Subdivisions 223<br/>19. Multifamily Developments 224<br/>Introduction 224<br/>Roads in Multifamily Areas 225<br/>Parking in Multifamily Areas 225<br/>Block and Lot Patterns 226<br/>Siting Apartment Structures 226<br/>20. Community Facilities 229<br/>Introduction 229<br/>A Generic Process for Planning Community Facilities 229<br/>The "NIMBY Syndrome" 235<br/>Meeting the Objections 236<br/>Appendix A Exercises (Listed by Chapter) 239<br/>Appendix B Using This Book as a Classroom Text 260<br/>Appendix C Derivation of Equations Which Relate Building Height, Density, and Coverage 261<br/>Index 263<br/><br/> |
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| Country | USA |
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| Topic | FP |
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