TY  - GEN
AU  - Sucher, David
TI  - City comforts : how to build and urban village
SN  - 9780964268005
U1  - 711.4 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Seattle
PB  - City Comforts press
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
CITY COMFORTS CONTENTS
How TO BUILD AN URBAN VILLAGE   7
Why the urban village is appealing and its three key architectural patterns.
SOME OVER-RIDING PRINCIPLES   15
Some approaches to the urban environment, software, philosophies and methods.
BUMPING INTO PEOPLE    24
The city is a place to bump-into, to 'mix and meet.' Four general principles and some specific examples.
KNOWING WHERE You ARE    44
Our modern cities are vast and confusing. But there are ways to make the world more comprehensible.
CHILDREN IN THE CITY   64
Children are an indicator species of urban health.
FEELING SAFE   70
The design of buildings and streetscapes alone does not make cities safer. But some basic principles—natural surveillance and territoriality-—can make a difference.
LITTLE NECESSITIES    78
Little personal comforts make life, well, more comfortable.
SMOOTHING EDGES: BUFFERS & SHIELDS    86
Sharp change is unsettling. Certain uses conflict with others. There are ways to make them more harmonious.
FITTING IN    100
New buildings are often more unpopular than need be because they do not follow simple rules of being a good neighbor.
WASTE NOT,WANT NOT:
OLD SHOES ARE MORE COMFORTABLE     112
Weaving the old and the new together is good business and good sense. There are several ways we do so—discovered spaces, habitat restoration, and recycling as three examples.
GETTING AROUND    125.
Motion is a delight and a virtue of our era is how many people can enjoy it. 'Traffic calming, bicycles-as-transport and universal accessibility keep a city moving ahead.
PERSONALIZING THE CITY WITH ART:
"KILROY WAS HERE"    156
Public art is important in helping to create places and breaking down the walls of personal isolation.
SOME FINAL THOUGHTS    166
How this book came to be. What is the common denominator, if any?
How TO LEARN MORE    169
Some approaches to increasing our understanding of the physical environment.
WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT    171
Expensive design, high density, heavy rail and government projects are not the prerequisite for comfortable cities

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