Understanding Cities : Method in Urban Design

ISBN-13: 9780415608237 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 352 str.

Alexander Cuthbert;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

'Understanding Cities' is richly textured, complex and challenging. It creates the vital link between urban design theory and praxis and opens the required methodological gateway to a new and unified field of urban design.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Theory/Heterology  2. History  3. Philosophy  4. Politics  5. Culture  6. Gender  7. Environment  8. Aesthetics  9. Typologies  10. Pragmatics.  Postscript

O autorze

Alexander Cuthbert is Emeritus Professor of Planning and Urban Development at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He has degrees in architecture, urban design and urban planning, with a doctoral degree from theLondon School of Economics. He has taught, practised and lived in Greece, Britain, America, Hong Kong and Australia. He has over 100 academic publications.