THE STREETSCAPE OF THE FUTURE
The article presents a case for the extensive use of concrete paving and other forms of concrete for upgrading and improving residential streetscapes. Ideally, a residential street should be a safe place for walking and cycling, besides providing access for motor vehicles. Concrete offers planners a great variety of colour and shape for its excellent products such as interlocking concrete pavers. Excellent finishes can also be obtained for in-situ concrete, with good colours for a wide range of products. Concrete materials offer different finished appearances, a wide range of style, high durability, and good strength and skid resistance. The article discusses how these concrete products can be used to fulfil the functions and residents' requirements for a residential street, and provide a safe environment and areas for good social interaction. It also describes concrete systems for property protection, retention, fences, and streetscape paving.
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Corporate Authors:
CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND
13 WALL PLACE
PORIRUA, New Zealand -
Authors:
- ORCHARD, I M
- Publication Date: 1996
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 18-20,22-4
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Serial:
- CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
- Volume: 40
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND
- ISSN: 0549-0219
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aesthetics; City planning; Color; Concrete; Durability; Improvements; Pavement design; Residential areas; Safety; Shape; Skid resistance; Slabs; Sociology; Strength of materials
- ITRD Terms: 9107: Aesthetics; 6784: Colour; 4755: Concrete; 5910: Durability; 9108: Improvement; 3055: Pavement design; 307: Residential area; 1665: Safety; 9073: Shape; 3031: Skid resistance; 3491: Slab; 2253: Sociology; 5544: Strength (mater); 354: Town planning
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00726554
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Oct 28 1996 12:00AM