Book description
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the decision-making and implementation processes of urban design. The Second Edition has been fully revised to include thorough coverage of sustainability issues and to integrate new case studies into the core concepts discussed. Ancillary materials, including PowerPoint slides, sample questions and projects, and bonus case studies, help to enrich understanding of this topic.
Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Roots of Western Urban Form: Centralization
- First Cities
- Rebirth of European Cities: “Organic” Cities of the Late Middle Ages
- Reintroduction of Classical Learning: “Geometric” Cities of the Renaissance
- The Emergence of Merchant Cities: Integrating Renaissance Ideas and the Marketplace
- The Grid Reaches the New World
- The Industrial Revolution
- Notes
- Chapter 2: Decentralization: The Rise and Decline of Industrial Cities
- Chapter 3: Recentralization: The Forces Shaping Twenty-First-Century Urbanism
- Chapter 4: Recentralization: Twenty-First-Century Urbanism Takes Shape
- Chapter 5: Theories of Urbanism
- Chapter 6: Urban Design for an Urban Century: Principles, Strategies, and Process
- Afterword
- Supplemental Images
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Urban Design for an Urban Century: Shaping More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient Cities, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2014
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118453636
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