Street as a public place : a social perspective (Also available on CD)
Material type: TextPublication details: 2013Description: xiv,80,xixp.,CD-ROMDDC classification:- P TH-1580 DES
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CONTENTS CERTIFICATE i UNDERTAKING ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii LIST OF FIGURES vii LIST OF GRAPHS ix LIST OF TABLES x EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xi Chapter 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Background 2 1.2. Rationale and need for the study 3 1.3. Objectives 4 1.4. Research question 4 1.5. Scope of work and limitations 4 1.6. Methodology 4 Chapter 2. Literature review 8 2.1. Public realm on the streets 9 2.2. Sociability 10 2.3. Street as a Place 11 2.4. Designing Great public Streets 12 2.5. Methods for research 13 2.6. Understanding Qualitative research and survey design. 13 2.7. Inference 14 2.8. Case studies 15 2.8.1. Bougainvillea Boulevard, M. G. Road, Bangalore 16 2.8.2. Boulevard Saint Laurent: Montreal, Canada 20 2.8.3. Las Ramblas - Barcelona, Spain . 22 2.8.4. Findings from case studies 24 Chapter 3. Streets, public places and sociability of space 26 3.1. Streets 26 3.1.1. Qualities of Great Street 26 3.1.2. Dual function of a street - Link and Place 28 3.2. Public places 29 3.2.1. Characteristics of great public place and sociability 29 3.3. Sociability of space 30 3.3.1. Why we need quality public realm on streets? 30 3.4. Streets and its sociability 31 3.4.1. Public realm on streets 33 3.5. Qualities of streets that contribute to its sociability 34 3.5.1. Access and linkage 34 3.5.2. Comfort and image 35 3.5.3. Usage and Activities 35 3.5.4. Sociability 36 3.5.5. Land-use and sidewalks36 3.5.6. Natural factors Sun, Water and Trees 37 3.5.7. Sittable spaces and food 37 3.5.8. Triangulation 37 3.6. Framework for analysis 38 Chapter 4. Streets of Pune: Analysis 39 4.1. Streets of Pune: An Overview 39 4.2. Street selection 43 4.3. F.C. Road/Fergusson College Road (Official name: Gokhale Road) 46 4.4. J.M. Road (Jangali Maharaj Road) 56 Chapter 5. Key findings and way forward 65 5.1. Public realm and sociability 65 5.2. Reasons for public realm on street 66 5.3. Attributes - for sociability of streets 68 5.4. Evaluating the streets of Pune 70 5.4.1. Key findings for F.C. ROAD (Fergusson College Road) 71 5.4.2. Key findings for J.M. ROAD (Jangali Maharaj Road) 74 Chapter 6. Bibliography 78
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