Activating Urban Waterfronts: Planning and Design for Inclusive, Engaging and Adaptable Public Spaces
Author:   Quentin Stevens (RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367473259


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   15 December 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Quentin Stevens (RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367473259


ISBN 10:   0367473259
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   15 December 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Part 1: Plugging the Waterfront into the City 1. Three ‘Southbanks’ 2. Postcolonial Waterfronts: Global Imagery and Local Realities Quentin Stevens, Marek Kozlowski and Norsidah Ujang 3. Tracing the Shifting Waterfront 4. Artificial Waterfronts Part 2: Switching the Waterfront On 5. Appropriating the Spectacle Quentin Stevens and Kim Dovey 6. The ‘City Beach’ as a New Waterfront Development Model 7. Post-Fordist Placemaking Quentin Stevens and Mhairi Ambler 8. Sandpit Urbanism 9. A Temporary Waterfront: Prompting Public Engagement Jacob Mikkelsen, Quentin Stevens, Catherine Hills and Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller Conclusion

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Quentin Stevens is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Urban Design at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He has professional degrees in Architecture and Urban Planning and previous taught at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. He has published widely on the social uses of public spaces, including the books Transforming Urban Waterfronts: Fixity and Flow, The Ludic City, and Loose Space. His current areas of research interest include temporary and tactical urbanism, the contribution that public space design makes to social cohesion, and the role of memorials in national identity.

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