{"product_id":"the-lure-of-the-city-9780745331775","title":"The Lure of the City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort, accessibly written essays make the case for cities, arguing that the metropolitan mindset is essential to the struggle for human liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Out from under the dead weight of conventional wisdom and eco-gloom emerges a clear-eyed vision of cities that is celebrated in this book' -- Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist (2010)\u003cbr\u003e'This book opens a debate as it allows the readers to reconsider their own prejudices and preferences' -- Will Alsop, OBE, architect and adjunct professor, Ontario College of Art and Design\u003cbr\u003e'Timely, lucid and provocative' -- Tim Marlow, broadcaster and director of Exhibitions at White Cube in London\u003cbr\u003e'This collection breaks some unconventional ground, a welcome event given the grip of orthodoxy about cities so mindlessly accepted today' -- Joel Kotkin, author of The City: A Global History (2005)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Paradoxical City by Alastair Donald\u003cbr\u003e  1. The Dynamic City: Citizens Make Cities by Alan Hudson\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Emerging City: Africa’s Metropolitan Mindset by Alastair Donald\u003cbr\u003e  3. The Crowded City: People on the Move by Patrick Hayes\u003cbr\u003e  4. The Planned City: Make No Little Plans by Michael Owens\u003cbr\u003e  5. The Historic City: False Urban Memory Syndrome by Steve Nash and Austin Williams\u003cbr\u003e  6. The Sanitised City: If You’ve Done Nothing Wrong… by Tony Pierce and Austin Williams\u003cbr\u003e  7. The Eco-City: Utopia, Then and Now by Austin Williams\u003cbr\u003e  8. The Visionary City: Things Will Endure Less than Us by Austin Williams and Karl Sharro\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: The Civilised City by Austin Williams","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404299805015,"sku":"9780745331775","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lure-of-the-city-9780745331775","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}