Reviews
The "Great Places" handbook has already been ordered over 1,000 times! In practice, the handbook is used by professionals from a diverse range of disciplines. While this naturally includes urban planners, urban designers, and landscape architects, professionals in fields such as social welfare, transport, culture, sports, safety, and health also find great value in its clear vision, concrete guidelines, and inspiring examples.
Albert Koolma, MSc., Head of Landscape Architecture, City of The Hague
“The public space handbooks I’m familiar with are written from a maintenance and manageability and not from a user perspective. The ‘Great Places’ approach is much more in line with today’s thinking.”
Merel de Boer, MSc., Senior Consultant at ICSadviseurs
“This handbook is an extremely valuable addition to reference in spatial, functional, and technical specifications for public real estate. As a source and foundational document that should inform the design of public space. This means it should be on the shelf of every consulting, design, and architectural firm, as well as every municipality.”
Dr. Hugo van der Poel, PhD, Director of the Mulier Institute
“The *Great Places* handbook seems relevant not only to designers but also to policymakers who, for example, are working on creating ‘healthy’ or ‘active’ city.”
Henk Neddermeijer, board member Dutch chapter of the International CPTED Association
“To everyone who values public space for the well-being of its users, I wholeheartedly recommend the book by Kyra and Rosemarie! A fantastic contribution to the body of knowledge on socially safe living, working, and recreation!”
