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1. Capital Spaces

   The Multiple Complex Public Spaces of a Global City

   By Matthew Carmona, Filipa Wunderlich

   In recent years it has become common-place to hear claims that public space in cities across the globe has become the exclusive preserve of the wealthy and privileged, at the expense of the needs of wider society. Whether it is the privatization of public space through commerical developments like...

   Published September 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Design Dimension of Planning

   Theory, content and best practice for design policies

   By Matthew Carmona, John Punter

   This book examines the design policies in current development plans. With design quality of growing importance to the public, consumers, developers and their clients, and high on the Secretary of State's agenda, this book makes an important practical contribution to improving design control. With...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
3. Public Space

   The Management Dimension

   Edited by Matthew Carmona, Claudio de Magalhães, Leo Hammond

   In both the UK and the US there is a sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism about the state of urban environments, particularly with the quality of everyday public spaces. Explanations for this have emphasized the poor quality of design that characterizes many new public spaces; spaces that are...

   Published May 28th 2008 by Routledge
4. Urban Design Reader

   By Steve Tiesdell, Matthew Carmona

   Essential reading for students and practitioners of urban design, this collection of essays introduces the 6 dimensions of urban design through a range of the most important classic and contemporary key texts. Urban design as a form of place making has become an increasingly significant area of...

   Published December 7th 2006 by Routledge
5. Measuring Quality in Planning

   Managing the Performance Process

   By Matthew Carmona, Louie Sieh

   This book deals with one of the current major debates in planning: how to measure the quality and effectiveness of the output of the planning process. It deals with issues of defining quality, public sector management, the use of indicators and the planning process. Although case study material is...

   Published September 1st 2004 by Routledge
6. Housing Design Quality

   Through Policy, Guidance and Review

   By Matthew Carmona

   This book directly addresses the major planning debate of our time - the delivery and quality of new housing development. As pressure for new housing development in England increases, a widespread desire to improve the design of the resulting residential environments becomes evermore apparent with...

   Published April 4th 2001 by Taylor & Francis