town planning
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Town Planning. Urban designs concerns the functionality of towns and cities. It is the shaping and uses of urban public space. Urban planning, landscape architecture , urban economics , social theory are only a few of the disciplines involved in town planning. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Town Planning
Urban designs concerns the functionality of towns and cities
It is the shaping and uses of urban public space
• Urban planning, landscape architecture, urban economics, social theory are only a few of the disciplines involved in town planning.
Urban design theory deals with:
• The design and managment of public space.• The way public space is experienced and used
by people.
• Privately owned spaces or building facades and domestic gardens can also be considered by urban design theory.
Some facades-
Public spaces are subject to overlapping management responsibilities
• Sometimes public agencies and authorities are in competition one another.
• The design and management of public space typically demands negotiations between different subjects
University programs offer degrees in urban design, usually post graduate level