The streets where we live : A manual for the design of safer residential estates
New South Wales. Department of Environment and PlanningUUUU
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Seeks to lay down a common set of principles which can be applied in practice both by estate designers and buy those whose job it is to review their designs, rather than to establish arbitrary design rules..
Main title:
The streets where we live : A manual for the design of safer residential estates / by Department of Environment and Planning
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney NSW : Land Commission of NSW, 1983
Collation:
56 pages maps, photographs
Notes:
Issued as a provisional document under the auspices of the Department of Environment and Planning, Traffic Authority of NSW and Land Commission of NSW
Contents:
Concept planning the estate - Shareways and accessways - How to find street dimensions - Carriageways - Intersections - Crests and hills - Visibility requirements - Furnishing the nature strip - Turning areas and turning circles - Connectors - Concept and constraints - Pedestrians and traffic - Bus routes and street systems - The basics of street speed - Ascertaining street speed - Controlling street speed with bends - Designing for low street speeds - Traffic volume - Drivers leaving the neighbourhood - Through-traffic and non-residential land uses - Safety to and from school - The problems of large estates - Parking and house design - Carriageway width - The nature strip - Landscaping for safety - How to handle busy streets - Courts and open-plan streetscapes - Ideas for wide nature strips - Footpaths - Parkways and parks - Street ideas and street problems - Islands and one-way streets
ISBN:
0724077650
Dewey class:
711.73
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
119522
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Tech Book | 711.73 STR | 1984Available |