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Student Textbook is Citizen Guide Book Practitioners Reference, May 7, 2009
This review is from: Urban Design and People (Hardcover)
Dobbins wrote this comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of Urban Design: What it is and how it's done, for his students. Written with humor and commonsense he intended it to also serve as a citizens' guidebook based on successes of citizens who have guided the design of projects and ensured those that benefit their communities get done. Because his practice has been unique in not only knitting together community interests with developers, but also in emphasizing the many professions involved in getting a project past design concept to completion, the book serves as a reference for practitioners to the expertise and turf of the diverse professional disciplines that must respect and work together for projects to get done.
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