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Race and Urban Space in Contemporary American Culture

Author: Kennedy, L
Publish date: May 2000
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Abstract: An examination of the relationship between race and representation in the production of urban space. The book looks at how ethnic and racial identities have been represented in post-industrialised Amerian urban culture.
Keywords: cultural, united states of america

Rational Architecture

Author: Colqunoun, A
Publish date: 1975
Journal: Architectural Design
Keywords: architecture, morphology, theory

Re-humanising Critiques of Suburbia

Author: Biddulph,M.J.
Publish date: 2000
Journal: Urban Design Studies, Vol 6
Pages: 159-172
Keywords: suburbs

Re-Learning From Las Vegas: The Birth of the Paradoxical Monument

Author: Grover, P
Publish date: 1997
Journal: Urban Design Studies, Vol 3
Pages: 75 - 92
Abstract: Paper that reconsiders the relevance of the Las Vegas townscape/environment and considers developments in approachs to design, development and environmental management since "Learning from Las Vegas"
Keywords: semiotics, united states of america

Re-reading the Landscape

Author: Duncan J and Duncan N
Publish date: 1988
Journal: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space Vol 6
Pages: 117-126
Keywords: morphology, visual interpretation

Re-using Redundant Buildings Good Practice in Urban Regeneration

Author: Department of the Environment (UK) Inner Cities Inspectorate
Publish date: 1987
Publisher: HMSO, London
Keywords: process, regeneration

Reasoning by Visual Analogy in Design Problem-solving: the role of guidance

Author: Caskin,P. & Goldschmidt,G.
Publish date: 2000
Journal: Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
Pages: 105-119
Abstract: This article seeks to show how the use of analogy can be effective in design problem solving, aspecially visual analogy.
Keywords: techniques

Rebuilding Cities

Author: Johnson-Marshall, P
Publish date: 1966
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
Keywords: Urban Design

Rebuilding Cities

Author: Johnson-Marshall, P
Publish date: 1966
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Abstract: Book that discusses approaches to post WW2 redevelopment in London, Coventry and Rotterdam, and reflects on the city of the twenty first centrury.
Keywords: history

Recent Advances in Urban Morphology

Author: Whitehand, J W R
Publish date: May 1992
Journal: Urban Studies, Vol 29
Keywords: morphology

Reclaiming Public Space: the ecology of neighbourhood open spaces in the town of Abu-Nuseir, Jordan

Author: Abu-Ghazzeh, T M
Publish date: 1996
Journal: Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol 36 (3)
Pages: 197 - 216
Abstract: Paper that looks at how spaces between buildings can be brought back into productive use.
Keywords: public space, social aspects of design

Recommendations for Traffic in Built Up Areas: ASVV

Author: CROW
Publish date: 1998
Publisher: CROW, Netherlands
Abstract: Dutch highway standards available in English, and spelling out in glorious detail approaches to highway planning, and including approaches to woonerf design.
Keywords: highways, standards, traffic, traffic calming

Reconsidering the Image of the City

Author: Lynch, K
Editor: Rodwin, L and Hollister, R M
Publish date: 1984
Journal: Cities of the Mind: Images and Themes of the City in the Social Sciences
Publisher: Plenum Press, New York
Keywords: identity, spatial interpretation, theory

Reconsidering Urban Design: Thoughts about its Definition and Status as a Field or Profession

Author: Schurch, T W
Publish date: 1999
Journal: Journal of Urban Design, Vol 4, No 1
Pages: 5 - 28
Abstract: Paper that attempts a practical definition of what urban design is about.
Keywords: keywords, Urban Design

Reconstruction for discovery: an urban masterplan for Cutty Sark Gardens

Author: Timpson, M and Manley, S
Publish date: 1996
Journal: Urban Design International, Vol 1(2)
Pages: 115 - 123
Abstract: The paper discusses the adopted process for devising a master plan to renew a site of strategic importance in London.
Keywords: britain, landscape, practice, process, public space

Recycling Buildings: Renovations, remodellings, restorations and reuses

Author: Thompson, E K (ed)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York
Keywords: regeneration

Recycling Cities for People: The urban design process

Author: Cutler, L and Cutler, S
Publish date: 1982
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
Keywords: community, process, theory, Urban Design

Recycling Industrial Buildings: Case Studies of Good Practice in Urban Regeneration

Author: URBED
Publish date: 1981
Publisher: SSRC, London
Keywords: regeneration

Redesigning American Residential Streets

Author: Bosselmann, P
Journal: Built Environment Vol 12(1/2)
Pages: 98-107
Keywords: streets, traffic calming, united states of america

Regenerating The Cities: the UK crisis and the US experience

Author: Parkinson, M Foley and Judd
Publish date: 1988
Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester
Keywords: regeneration, united states of america

Regulation and the Shaping of Urban Form in Germany

Author: Arntz, K
Publish date: November 2001
Publisher: University of Central England School of Planning & Housing
Keywords: design control/review, germany

Regulation and the Shaping of Urban Form in the UK

Author: Larkham,P.J
Publish date: November 2001
Publisher: University of Central England School of Planning & Housing
Keywords: britain, design control/review

Rehabilitation and Reuse of Old Buildings

Author: Highfield, D
Publish date: 1987
Publisher: E and F N Spon, London
Keywords: regeneration

Rehumanising Housing

Author: Teymur N, Markus T and Woolley T (eds)
Publish date: 1988
Publisher: Butterworths, London
Keywords: housing

Reinventing the Skyscraper- A vertical theory of urban design

Author: Yeang,K
Publish date: August 2002
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LTD
Keywords: theory

Reinventing the Village

Author: Sutro, S
Publish date: 1990
Publisher: American PLanning Assoc. Report No 430
Abstract: The report shows how to protect villages threatened bu unsympathetic suburban development, and how to adopt neotraditional design ideas to new developments in villages
Keywords: design strategy, neo-traditional

Reinvention of Tradition as an Urban Image: the case of Ankara Citadel

Author: Asuman Turkun Erendil & Zuhal Ulusoy
Publish date: 2002
Journal: Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design Vol 29 (5)
Pages: p655-672
Abstract: This article looks at how the modern ideology of planning and urban tourism can lead to 'placelessness' and loss of identity. It considers how a historic urban fabric can be used to recreate an urban image using the recent example of Ankara Citadel.
Keywords: cultural, identity, tourism

Remaking the City

Author: Ravetz, A
Publish date: 1980
Publisher: Croom Helm, London
Keywords: commercial, development process

Remaking the City: property led urban regeneration

Author: Healey P, Davoudi S, O'Toole M, Tavsanoglu S and Usher D
Publish date: 1992
Publisher: E and F N Spon, London
Keywords: commercial, development process, regeneration

Remaking the City: Social Science Perspectives and Urban Design

Author: Pipkin, J et al (eds)
Publish date: 1983
Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany
Keywords: social aspects of design, Urban Design

Representation of Places: Reality and Realism in City Design

Author: Bosselmann, P
Publish date: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
Abstract: A useful book about the visual representation of city form. The book asks how do the images of the city affect what gets built; "How good are images as surrogates for reality? Can images be made that represent a match between design as a product of the mind and a future reality? In particular the use of computer simulation is explored.
Keywords: assessing quality, spatial interpretation, techniques, townscape, visual interpretation

Residential Attachment: sources of residential and community satisfaction

Author: Fried, M
Publish date: 1982
Journal: Journal of Social Issues, Vol 38 (3)
Pages: 107 - 119
Keywords: assessing quality, gated community, housing, security

Residential Design - Not an optional extra

Author: Carmona, M
Publish date: July 1998
Journal: Town and Country Planning, Vol 67(6)
Pages: 227 - 229
Abstract: Brief paper that presents the author's view about how the British Government should rewite guidance about design control for housing
Keywords: design control/review, housing, planning

Residential Design Guidance: The Need for Innovation

Author: Carmona, M
Publish date: 1997
Journal: Urban Design Quarterly, No 62
Pages: 16 - 20
Abstract: Brief paper that discusses the development context for design guidance, and why residential design guidance procedures require innovation.
Keywords: design control/review, design guide, housing

Residential Road Planning in Western Australia: From Policy to Practice

Author: Pearson, M
Publish date: September 1989
Journal: Australian Planner, Vol 27(3)
Pages: 21-23
Abstract: The article discusses the principles employed in the 'Review of Residential Road Policy incorporating Draft Guidelines for Residential Road Planning".
Keywords: australia, highways, standards, suburbs

Residents' perceptions of suburban community differences

Author: Logan, J R and Collver, O A
Publish date: 1983
Journal: American Sociological Review, Vol 48
Pages: 428 - 433
Keywords: behavioural, gated community, housing, psychology, spatial interpretation, suburbs

Responding to the Design Needs of Disabled People

Author: Imrie, R
Publish date: 2000
Journal: Journal of Urban Design, Vol 5 (2)
Pages: 199-219
Abstract: This paper focuses on the key actors in the development process and their roles in addressing the design needs of disabled people. It takes an overview of disablism in design and explores some of the possibilities for transforming disablist and disabling design processes.
Keywords: development process, Disability

Responsibilities Towards the Coming Generations: forming a new creed

Author: Lombardi,P.L.
Publish date: 2001
Journal: Urban Design Studies, Vol 7
Pages: 89-102
Abstract: This paper aims to help decision makers in identifying sustainable aspects involved in development and to increase understanding of sustainability in urban planning and design. It puts aspects of the complex problem of sustainability in an ordered manner to be applied to the built environment.
Keywords: development process, sustainability

Responsive Environments: A manual for designers

Author: Bentley, I et al
Publish date: 1985
Publisher: Architectural Press, London
Keywords: keywords, principles, techniques, Urban Design

Rethinking Architecture: a reader in cultural theory

Author: Leach, N (ed)
Publish date: 1997
Publisher: London: Routledge
Abstract: The book includes a careful selection of the best theoretical writings on the ideas which have shaped our cities and our experiences of architecture: Adorno, Barthes, Baudrillard, Deleuze, Derrida, Eco, Foucault, Habermas, Heideggar, Godamer, Jameson, Lyotard, Vattimo...
Keywords: architecture, cultural, theory

Rethinking Design Guidance

Author: Donovan, J and Larkham, P J
Publish date: 1996
Journal: Planning Prcatice and Research, Vol 11 (3)
Pages: 303-318
Abstract: According to the authors this review examines some aspects of the current provision and practice of design guidance in England, and relates this to emerging thinking about opportunities for the future of design guidance and aesthetic control; in particular their relationships to considerations of who gains and who loses from this intervention.
Keywords: design control/review, design guide, planning

Return to Metroland

Author: Pearce, D
Publish date: 13 January 1978
Journal: Building Design
Pages: 14-15
Keywords: design control/review, housing

Returning to a Greener Built Environment

Author: Travers, S
Publish date: December 14 1990
Journal: The Planner
Keywords: sustainability

Review of Urban Capacity Studies

Author: Llewelyn Davies
Publish date: 1996
Publisher: London: Llewelyn Davies
Keywords: sustainability

Reviewing New Design in Historic Districts

Author: Beasley, E
Editor: Scheer, B C and Preiser, W F E
Publish date: 1994
Journal: in Design Review: Challenging urban aesthetic control
Publisher: Chapman Hall, New York
Pages: 20 -30
Abstract: The chapter discusses the review process adopted between 1977 and 1985 in historic areas of: Arrow Rock, Missouri; Indianapolis, Indiana; Alexandria, Virginia; Beaufort, S Carolina; Galveston, Texas; Mobile, Alabama; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Savannah, Georgia; and Telluride, Colorado.
Keywords: design control/review

Revising The Essex Design Guide

Author: Stones, A
Publish date: September 1992
Journal: Urban Design Quarterly Issue 44
Pages: 17-19
Keywords: design control/review, planning, suburbs

Revitalising Historic Urban Quarters

Author: Tiesdell, S A, Oc T, and Heath, T
Publish date: 1996
Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann, London
Abstract: The book examines the processes being adopted to regenerate historic urban quarters using examples from both the USA and Europe
Keywords: conservation, heritage, regeneration

Revitalizing Downtown

Author: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Publish date: 1991
Publisher: National Trust for Historic Preservation, USA
Abstract: Publication that offers a comprehensive approach to revitalising the centres of small and mid-sized towns, including strategies for developing a working plan, storefront design, creating adequate parking and marketing techniques.
Keywords: assessing quality, design strategy, development process, regeneration

Reviving the City Towards Sustainable Urban Development

Author: Friends of the Earth
Publish date: 1991
Publisher: FOE, 26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ
Keywords: sustainability

Reviving the City: An Environmental Agenda for Urban Design

Author: McLaren, D P
Publish date: 1993
Journal: Urban Design Quarterly, No 46
Pages: 21 - 27
Keywords: mixed use, sustainability

RIBA Book of 20th Century Housing

Author: Colquhoun, I
Publish date: 1999
Publisher: London: Architectural Press
Abstract: Well illustrated and comprehensive review of 20th Century British housing presented on a regional basis.
Keywords: housing

Road Form and Townscape

Author: McCluskey, J
Publish date: 1992
Keywords: highways, streets, townscape

Royal Leamington Spa: A Design Framework

Author: Rock Townsend
Publish date: 1990
Publisher: Warwick District Council, Warwick
Keywords: design control/review

Rubbish Theory: The Creation and Destruction of Value

Author: Thompson, M
Publish date: 1979
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
Keywords: aesthetics, visual interpretation