From the rear cover
The Form of Cities offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities. It encourages them to go beyond abstract social science into the realm of human experience, aesthetics, and the creative process in order to understand why cities are how they are; and it demonstrates that cities are replete with symbolic values, collective memory, association, and conflict.
The book reviews existing theoretical interpretations underpinning the subject and suggests a new understanding based in political economy. It then refines this approach, elaborating particular ways of conceptualising the city, whether through aesthetics or the prism of gender. The result is an engagingly written text, eschewing jargon but retaining a sophisticated interpretative edge.
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- Title Form of Cities
- Author Cuthbert
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 324
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons
- Date 2006-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781405116398 / 1405116390
- Weight 1.58 lbs (0.72 kg)
- Dimensions 10.04 x 6.86 x 0.94 in (25.50 x 17.42 x 2.39 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Urban Studies
- Library of Congress subjects City planning, City planning - Philosophy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005022741
- Dewey Decimal Code 307.121
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