Main entry:

Appleyard, Donald, author.

Title & Author:

Livable streets / Donald Appleyard, with M. Sue Gerson and Mark Lintell.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1981]
©1981

Description:

xvii, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Living with traffic. 1. Three streets in San Francisco -- 2. The ecology of the street -- 3. Street images, values, and problems -- 4. Intrusion, disruption, and adaptation -- 5. Traffic, streets, and improvements -- 6. Streets with different income levels -- The vulnerable groups -- The streets of San Francisco : a summary -- Part 2. Early street battles. Introduction: a brief history. 9. The first environmental areas: Barnsbury and Pimlico -- 10. Comprehensive traffic management : Camden and London -- 11. Protecting neighborhoods: Oakland and San Francisco -- 12. Berkeley at the barricades -- Part 3. Livable streets and protected neighborhoods. Introduction: a statement of principles. 13. The politics of the street -- 14. Street management -- 15. Traffic control devices and systems -- Appendices. Appendix A. Tables for San Francisco interviews -- Appendix B. Characteristics of San Francisco streets -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

Discusses traffic control, street management, and protected neighborhoods, and looks at selected streets in U.S. and British cities.

ISBN:

0520036891 (hardcover)
9780520036895 (hardcover)

Subject:

City traffic.
Streets.
Neighborhoods Environmental aspects.
Urban policy.
Highway planning England London.
Circulation urbaine.
Rues.
Quartiers (Urbanisme) Aspect de l'environnement.
Politique urbaine.
streets.
Stadsplanning.
Verkeersbeleid.
California Cities Traffic Planning - Proposals
London Traffic Planning - Proposals

Added entries:

Gerson, M. Sue, author.
Lintell, Mark, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 144995
Call No.: 6390; ID:85-B2886
Status: Available