{"product_id":"the-form-of-cities-9781405116404","title":"The Form of Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Form of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates that cities are replete with symbolic values, collective memory, association and conflict.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProposes a new theoretical understanding of urban design, based in political economy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates different ways of conceptualising the city, whether through aesthetics or the prism of gender, for example.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in an engaging and jargon-free style, but retains a sophisticated interpretative edge.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComplements \u003ci\u003eDesigning Cities\u003c\/i\u003e by the same author (Blackwell, 2003).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe Form of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is an important critique and synthesis of recent thinking about urban design … a powerful analysis of the emergence, logic, and political meaning of the built environment in given historical contexts.’ \u003ci\u003eAllen J. Scott, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Geography, UCLA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A major achievement in the radical spirit of Manuel Castells’ and Mike Davis’ writings. Cuthbert repositions urban design theory … to reveal the bedrock systems of material and symbolic production shaping modern cities.’ \u003ci\u003eChris Abel, Architectural critic and author of Architecture, Technology, Process and Architecture and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Truly an impressive piece of work. … This book will become seminal not only for urban design students and practitioners, and those engaged in the study and practice of urban policy-making and planning, but also for students of urban geography and political science.’ \u003ci\u003eHarry T. Dimitriou, Bartlett Professor of Planning Studies, UCL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Cuthbert] sets out not only to make the professional case for urban design but also the disciplinary case. What ensues is an immense and far-reaching catalog of ideas that in many ways is a tour de force.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJournal of Regional Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures List of Tables. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Theory\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Design: Definitions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Design: ‘Theory’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpatial Political Economy and Urban Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. History\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What is History?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Urban Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtopias.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaterialist Theory Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Implications from Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy and Urbanism Paradigms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy and Urban Design \u003cb\u003e4. Politics\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Politics and Ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower: Rights and Laws Law as Ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics and Urban Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Public Realm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Culture\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Culture and Urban Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Culture of Modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostmodern Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalisation, Culture, Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthenticity and Symbolic Representation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Ruralism\/Urbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Gender\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Gender the Missing Component.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender and Society Gender and Patriarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender and Capital.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender and Space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender and Urban Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Environment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Nature and the City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins and Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople-Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainability and Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainable Cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainable Urban Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Aesthetics\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Aesthetics – Objects and Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Aesthetics of Urban Form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematics and the Divine Order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContextualism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSymbolic Capital.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Typologies\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Taxonomy, Typology, Morphology, System.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypologies Derived from Associated Disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypologies Derived from Traditional Urban Design Perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications from Spatial Political Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Pragmatics\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Cultural Capital.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessional Intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessions and Knowledge Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessions and Space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Design Education Postscript.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50014945182039,"sku":"9781405116404","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405116404.jpg?v=1739907497","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-form-of-cities-9781405116404","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}