This trailblazing book outlines a tested interdisciplinary "process model" for urban design. Its goal is not to explain how to design a specific city precinct or public space, but to describe useful steps to approach the transformation of urban spaces. "Urban Ecological Design" illustrates the different stages in which the process is organized, using theories, techniques, images, and case studies. The authors believe that environmental concerns demand that ecological and sustainability issues are addressed in urban design. It is, after all, the urban designer who helps to orchestrate human relationships with other living organisms in the built environment. The overall objective of the book is to reinforce the role of the urban designer as an honest broker and promoter of design processes and as an active agent of social creativity in the production of the public realm.

About the Author
Danilo Palazzo is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano. He has been a guest lecturer at universities around the world. Frederick Steiner is the Dean of the school of architecture at the University of Texas at Austin and author of numerous books on landscape architecture, design, and planning.


Book Information
ISBN 9781597268295
Author Danilo Palazzo
Format Paperback
Page Count 328
Imprint Shearwater Books,US
Publisher Island Press