Characterising Neighbourhoods : Exploring Local Assets of Community Significance (Hardcover)

Part I The Context of Character

1.0. Introduction

1.1. The evolution of characterisation

1.2 The influence of character in planning

2.0. Introduction

2.1. Whose neighbourhood?

2.2. The shape of the neighbourhood

Case study A; Map Analysis

2.3. The appearance of the neighbourhood

Case Study B: Kingsdown, Bristol & St Luke’s, Cork

2.4. The fabric of the public realm

2.5. Neighbourhood landscape characteristics

2.6. Defining heritage assets

Case Study C: Point Chevalier, Auckland

2.7. Activities, uses and connections

Case Study D: St?hlinger and Rieselfeld, Freiburg

2.8. Townscapes; perceiving spaces and places

3.0. Introduction

3.1. Appraisal techniques; a review

3.2. Undertaking fieldwork

3.3. Appraising accessibility and condition

3.4. Neighbourhood mapping

4.0. Introduction

4.1. Characterisation in policy, decisionmaking and design

A. Local Listing guidelines

B. Quiz; ‘Naming of Parts’