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human scale: a standalone construct

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Urban design

designing streets and buildings at dimensions, speeds and levels of detail that match human perception, walking pace and body size.

In urban design, human scale refers to designing streets and buildings at dimensions, speeds and levels of detail that match human perception, walking pace and body size. This meaning comes from Gehl (2010) in Cities for People.[1]

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body2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs perception3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs scale3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Gehl, J. (2010). Cities for People. Island Press. ISBN 9781597265737

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