JON LANG
Urban Design the American Experience Jon Lang Urban Design: The American Experience places social and environmental concerns within the context of American history. It returns the focus of urban design to the creation of a better world. It evaluates the efforts of designers who apply knowledge about the environment and people to the creation of livable, enjoyable, and even inspiring built worlds. Urban Design: The American Experience emphasizes that urban design must take a user-oriented approach to achieve a higher quality of life in human settlements. All the keys to this approach are spelled out in chapters that address:
Urban design as both a product and process of communal decision-making
Types of knowledge required as a base for urban design action
How to apply recent environmental and behavioral research to professional design
How human needs are fulfilled through design
The true role of functionalism in design
