{"product_id":"ethics-and-urban-design-9780471122746","title":"Ethics and Urban Design","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe city, according to urban design scholar Gideon Golany, isthe largest and most complicated project ever produced byhumankind. In Ethics and Urban Design, he challenges designprofessionals to reexamine their basic assumptions about the urbanenvironment and offers design strategies based on enduring humanvalues.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In search of answers to the paradoxical problems of the moderncity, Golany takes the reader through the sweep of humansettlements from the dawn of civilization to the present. Hisauthoritative examination of the genesis of the city is illuminatedby instructive examples of early urban centers. Mesopotamia, theIndus River Valley, the Egyptian cities of the Nile, and thecapital cities of ancient China--all are examined in the light ofwhat made them work as major centers of human activity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What Golany finds in the success stories of the past are cohesivesociocultural values that shaped the design of homes,neighborhoods, and cities. These ethical values helped to \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthics of Environmental Design.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e LESSONS FROM THE INDIGENOUS PAST.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Genesis of the City.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Early Urban Centers: Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, Egypt, andChina.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PRESENT PRACTICE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Comprehensive Design.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Contemporary Comprehensive Design: The Case of Holland.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e FUTURE FRONTIERS FOR URBAN DESIGN.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Urban Design Morphology and Thermal Performance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Soil Thermal Performance and Geospace Design.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Geospace City Concept: A Renewal of Ancient Tradition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402492092759,"sku":"9780471122746","price":92.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471122746.jpg?v=1730480573","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ethics-and-urban-design-9780471122746","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}