{"product_id":"in-the-images-of-development-isbn-9780262044707","title":"In the Images of Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe urban legacy of the Global South since the colonial era and how sustainable development and environmental and social justice can be achieved.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemarkably little of the expansive literature on development and globalization considers actual urban form and the physical design of cities as outcomes of these phenomena. The development that has shaped historic transformations in urban form and urbanism—and the consequent human experiences—remains largely unexplored.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIn this book, Tridib Banerjee fills this void by linking the idea of development with those of urbanism, urban form, and urban design, focusing primarily on the contemporary cities in the developing world—the Global South—and their intrinsic prospects in city design. Further, he examines the endogenous possibilities for the future design of these cities that may address growing inequality and the environmental crisis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBanerjee deftly traces the urban legacy of the Global South from the beginning of the colonial era, closely examining the economic, political, and ideological forces that influenced colonial and postcolonial development, drawing from relevant experiences of different cities in the developing world and discussing the arguments for the historic parity of these cities with their Western counterparts. Finally, Banerjee considers essential notions of future city design that are grounded in the critical challenges of sustainable development, equity, environmental and social justice, and diversity, and how such outcomes can be achieved. This book serves as the opening of a long overdue conversation among design, development, and planning scholars and practitioners, and those interested in the urban development of the Global South.\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Manuel Castells ix\u003cbr\u003ePreface xi\u003cbr\u003e1 Looking Back from Vila Dunia 1\u003cbr\u003eI Development and Urbanism\u003cbr\u003e2 The Fable of Bell Curves 23\u003cbr\u003e3 Modernity and Other Images of Development 53\u003cbr\u003e4 Urban Form and Urbanism 69\u003cbr\u003eII Precolonial and Colonial Legacies \u003cbr\u003e5 The Canonical City 95\u003cbr\u003e6 Piety, Community, Autopoiesis, and Aesthetics 119\u003cbr\u003e7 The Colonial Project 153\u003cbr\u003eIII The Postcolonial Era\u003cbr\u003e8 Postcolonial Utopias 197\u003cbr\u003e9 Import of Design Paradigms 229\u003cbr\u003e10 The Spectacle of Poverty and Inequality 249\u003cbr\u003e11 The Faustian Imperative 273\u003cbr\u003e12 The Place of Medina 307\u003cbr\u003e13 Looking Ahead from Vila Dunia 325\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Best Practices 357\u003cbr\u003eNotes 385\u003cbr\u003eReferenced 443\u003cbr\u003eIndex 483“This book has no peer. Banerjee has mined his own extensive scholarship and his experiences in the theory and practice of urban planning to produce an exceptional volume—at once a provocative, historically grounded reflection on the political economy of urbanization and a masterful compendium on the evolution of urban design across the developing world.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDiane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard Graduate School of Desig\u003c\/b\u003en\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“By blending dual sensibilities—a critique of conventional development theories with a yearning for a humane built environment in the Global South—Banerjee’s book complements Kevin Lynch’s classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Image of the City\u003c\/i\u003e. A must-read for critical urban theorists as well as designers in search of good city forms.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBishwapriya Sanyal, Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning, MIT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Exploring spatial forms and development logics in cities of the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, China, and Latin America, Tridib Banerjee’s \u003ci\u003eIn the Images of Development\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a compelling vision of urban histories and futures.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eFran Tonkiss, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics\u003c\/b\u003eTridib Banerjee is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy in the Sol Price School of Public Policy, at the University of Southern California.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300425847013,"sku":"NP9780262044707","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262044707.jpg?v=1767729971","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/in-the-images-of-development-isbn-9780262044707","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}