{"product_id":"the-form-of-cities-isbn-9781405116398","title":"The Form of Cities","description":"\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  List 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  ‘\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 \u003cb\u003eAlexander R. Cuthbert \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Planning and Urban Development at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He has studied architecture, urban design, urban planning, and political science and has a doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His previous publications include Designing Cities (Blackwell, 2003), which serves as a prequel to this book.  \u003ci\u003eThe Form of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990231302373,"sku":"NP9781405116398","price":124.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405116398.jpg?v=1761787001","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-form-of-cities-isbn-9781405116398","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}