This work explores the way our towns and cities, particularly their central areas, look and feel to all their users and discusses their design, maintenance and management. The author provides a new philosphical approach to the problem, suggesting that places as a whole matter, much more than the individual components that make up the urban environment such as buildings, roads and parks. This in-depth book suggests the way forward for professionals, decision-makers and all those who care about the future of our urban environment and points the reader in the direction of living examples of...