Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design (2)

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Synopsis
Taking on the key issues in urban design, Shaping the City examines the critical ideas that have driven these themes and debates through a study of particular cities at important periods in their development. As well as retaining crucial discussions about cities such as Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Brasilia at particular moments in their history that exemplified the problems and themes at hand like the mega-city, the post-colonial city and New Urbanism, in this new edition the editors have introduced new case studies critical to any study of contemporary urbanism – China, Dubai, Tijuana and the wider issues of informal cities in the Global South. The book serves as both a textbook for classes in urban design, planning and theory and is also attractive to the increasing interest in urbanism by scholars in other fields. Shaping the City provides an essential overview of the range and variety of urbanisms and urban issues that are critical to an understanding of contemporary urbanism.
Copyright:
2013

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
376 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781317342250
Related ISBNs:
9781315662152, 9780415584623, 9780415584586
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Rodolphe El-Khoury, Edward Robbins
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Rodolphe El-Khoury
Edited by:
Edwards Robbins

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