Since the 1990s, increasing evidence of transnational and homogenized methods of planning and designing new developments has arisen in Western and Asian cities. The Architecture of Contemporary Cities uses an interdisciplinary approach, combining urban planning, design, policy and geography studies, to provide a four-dimensional framework for analysing plans, projects and urban transformations. First, in their urban and architectural form; second, in their urban context; third, with reference to the network of agents involved; and fourth, with an awareness of the process of urban...