Urban Open Space : Designing for User Needs

Foreword by L. Susan Everett, Landscape Architecture Foundation ix URBAN OPEN SPACE: CASE STUDY IN LAND & COMMUNITY DESIGN xi INTRODUCTION: DESIGNING FOR USER NEEDS 1(8) THE LAF CASE STUDY METHOD 9(4) URBAN OPEN SPACES: WHY SOME WORK AND OTHERS DON'T 13(24) DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND DECISION-MAKING 37(6) BRYANT PARK: A CASE STUDY OF DESIGNING FOR USER NEEDS 43(16) COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION 59(6) EVALUATING THE NEEDS AND LIMITATIONS OF PUBLIC SPACES 65(8) CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 73(4) Bibliography 77(4) Websites and Listservs 81(1) Photo Credits 81(1) Sources of Information 82(1) Index 83(2) About the Author 85(1) Author Acknowledgments 85(1) Landscape Architecture Foundation Acknowledgments 86