Urban Design and the Bottom Line: Optimizing the Return on Perception

by Dennis Jerke ASLA

Overview

Using verifiable figures and drawing on professional experience, this argument for the "dividend" generated from high-quality, preinvestment design investigates the benefits and impact of good design upon all facets of an urban area—the community, businesses, employees, the general public, city officials, and the developer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874209969
Publisher:	Urban Land Institute
Publication date:	11/01/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dennis Jerke, ASLA, is vice president and division manager for urban design and planning at Carter & Burgess, Inc., where he oversees land planning and landscape architecture for large-scale land development and public projects. He lives in Houston, Texas.

Editorial Reviews

"Urban Design and the Bottom Line is in a class by itself. Its useful format, comprehensive coverage and universal context make it a required addition to the designer's library."  —Landscape Architecture Magazine

From the Publisher

In a class by itself . . . [The] useful format, comprehensive coverage and universal context make it a required addition to the designer's library.

Landscape Architecture Magazine