Urban Transformations : Power, People and Urban Design

ISBN-13: 9780415128230 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 320 str.

Ian Bentley

Opis

Cities undergo continual change, transforming their physical fabric and patterns of use. The transformation process has intensified globally and the speed of change increased, whilst its nature has grown ever more intense. This text introduces contemporary approaches to urban transformation, encompassing both production and consumption and exploring the links between social theory and built form. The text explores how the processes of urban transformation works, investigates why this process generates a particular urban product, and enquires into the human experience of this product, how people use urban environments and how cities can be transformed into better places.

Spis treści

Part 1: Problematics of production Introduction 1. Untouched by human hand 2. Heroes and servants, markets and battlefields 3. Genius and tradition Conclusion: A framework of questions Part 2: Spatial transformations and their cultural support Introduction 4. Profit and Place 5. Propping up the system 6. Building bastions of sense Conclusion: Supports for the power bloc Part 3: Positive values, negative outcomes Introduction 7. Concepts for prospecting common ground 8. Beyond buzzwords 9. Horizons of choice Conclusion: An agenda for positive change Part 4: Windows of opportunity Introduction 10. Reclaiming the Modernist vision 11. Experts who deliver 12. Artists in a common cause Conclusion: Exciting prospects

O autorze

Ian Bentley