Urban Coding and Planning

<p>Urban codes have a profound influence on urban form affecting the design and placement of buildings streets and public spaces. Historically their use has helped create some of our best-loved urban environments while recent advances in coding have been a growing focus of attention particularly in Britain and North America. However the full potential for the role of codes has yet to be realized. </p> <p></p> <p>In <em>Urban Coding and Planning</em> Stephen Marshall and his contributors investigate the nature and scope of coding; its purposes; the kinds of environments it creates; and perhaps most importantly its relationship to urban planning.</p> <p></p> <p>By bringing together historical and ongoing traditions of coding from around the world - with chapters describing examples from the United Kingdom France India China Japan Australia South Africa the United States and Latin America - this book provides lessons for today's theory and practice of place-making.</p>