Placemaking

People, Properties, Planning

David Higgins editor Peter J Larkham editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited

Published:6th Nov '24

Should be back in stock very soon

Placemaking cover

Placemaking: People, Properties, Planning, delivers a cross-disciplinary critique of “placemaking”, an approach to the design and creation of new urban places, and the reshaping of old ones, that has become so pervasive that it forms the ‘strapline’ for the UK’s Royal Town Planning Institute. Developing principally from planning and urban design, placemaking has swiftly become a new orthodoxy, a dominant paradigm. It seems to be all-encompassing, particularly at a time when towns and cities face new and large-scale challenges relating to climate change, sustainability, population movement and intensive capital regeneration.

Higgins and Larkham alongside an expert team of contributors examine the experiences of placemaking, the underlying principles and motivations of placemaking, the importance of context, the quality of the places produced, and the experiences of those living and working in them.

Placemaking: People, Properties, Planning contains a series of short, sharp chapters exploring a broad range of placemaking concepts and experiences. It is designed to be critical, but easily comprehensible to both university-level students in built environment academic disciplines and to practitioners in related professions.

A great book that any city planner, any real estate professional, any student in the built environment should get inspiration from. Plenty of insights on a wide range of topics carefully edited, from real estate markets to sustainability.

-- Dr. Patrick Lecomte, PhD, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada

With pressure on cities increasing, this is a timely book which explores a spectrum of innovative practices around placemaking. From reflections on the smart agenda to nature and beyond, the text is a vital read for researchers, policy makers, practitioners and others interested in creative ways of designing and planning urban spaces. This essential and unique text draws on an extensive range of knowledge from planners, architects, geographers, sociologists and more to raise awareness around how placemaking can be transformed in the future cityscape. 

-- Professor Michael Hardman, Professor of Urban Sustainability, University of Sal

ISBN: 9781837531318

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm

Weight: 404g

224 pages