Designing Cities is the first
reader to be published in the thriving field of urban design. It has been assembled to appeal to a broad range of readers interested in how the design of cities comes about.
- Provides a complex and integrated perspective on the field of urban design.
- Carefully structured, so that students will gain an understanding of the theoretical context from which urban design has emerged.
- Includes work by Manuel Castells, David Harvey, Christian Norberg-Schultz, Peter Marcuse and others.
Part I: Theory:. 1.The Process of Urban Social Change: Manuel Castells.
2. The Economic Currency of Architectural Aesthetics: Paul Walter Clarke.
3. The Post modern Debate over Urban Form: Sharon Zukin.
Part II: History:.
4. The New Historical Relationship Between Space and Society: Manuel Castells.
5. Urban Landscapes as Public History: Dolores Hayden.
6. Harmonies of Urban Design and Discords of City Form: Abraham Akkerman.
Part III: Philosophy:.
7. Social Justice, Postmodernism and the City: David Harvey.
8. The Phenomenon of Place: Christian Norberg Schulz.
9. Recapturing the Center: Mark Gottdeiner.
Part IV: Politics:.
10. Why are the Design and Development of Public Spaces Significant for Cities?: A. Madanipour.
11. Cast in Stone: Monuments, Geography and Nationalism: N. Johnson.
12. Reflections on Berlin : The Meaning of Construction and the Construction of Meaning: Peter Marcuse.
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