The future of urban cities and towns will be influenced by the ability of communities to develop meaningful planning and design strategies founded on the interplay of viable priorities and opportunities. Numerous priorities have been articulated by communities, including specific outcomes that address the broader vision for livable urban contexts. All are envisioned as opportunities for effective planning and design outcomes within urban landscape contexts. Urban Landscape Priorities, Opportunities and Prospect presents current priorities and strategies for producing sustainable urban landscapes in street hierarchies, connections and places.
Urban Landscape Priorities, Opportunities and Prospect focuses on current planning and design priorities and opportunities for the enhancement of future urban landscape contexts. Current priorities include walkability, access, urban greening and climate mitigation. These and other priorities are viewed as challenges for cities and towns, but also as potential opportunities for future urban landscape contexts.
Cities and towns continue to evolve and are utilizing a range of planning and design strategies in urban landscapes that focus on climate change, social accommodation and livability. All of the strategies are potential influences on future urban experience and identity. In order to produce positive results, communities are applying urban planning and design concepts based on current and future environmental prospects. The result is a range of concepts aligned with numerous planning and design standards for urban viability, now and in the future.
Urban Landscape Priorities, Opportunities and Prospect is unique in addressing current priorities and opportunities as standards for the future quality of urban landscape initiatives. A key standard is inductive, bottom-up context applications that produce livable and sustainable urban landscape contexts. Current participants in this vision are planners, designers and fine artists. The result is a text that emphasizes priorities, opportunities and potential prospects as interrelated planning and design influences on current and future urban landscapes.
The future of urban cities and towns will be influenced by the ability of communities to develop meaningful planning and design strategies founded on the interplay of viable priorities and opportunities. Numerous priorities have been articulated by communities, including specific outcomes that address the broader vision for livable urban contexts. All are envisioned as opportunities for effective planning and design outcomes within urban landscape contexts. Urban Landscape Priorities, Opportunities and Prospect presents current priorities and strategies for producing sustainable urban landscapes in street hierarchies, connections and places.
