Companion to urban design
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Companion to urban design
（Routledge companions）
Routledge, 2011
- : hbk
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Today the practice of urban design has forged a distinctive identity with applications at many different scales - ranging from the block or street scale to the scale of metropolitan and regional landscapes. Urban design interfaces many aspects of contemporary public policy - multiculturalism, healthy cities, environmental justice, economic development, climate change, energy conservations, protection of natural environments, sustainable development, community liveability, and the like. The field now comprises a core body of knowledge that enfolds a right history of ideas, paradigms, principles, tools, research and applications, enriched by electric influences from the humanities, and social and natural sciences.
Companion to Urban Design includes more than fifty original contributions from internationally recognized authorities in the field. These contributions address the following questions: What are the important ideas that have shaped the field and the current practice of urban design? What are the major methods and processes that have influenced the practice of urban design at various scales? What are the current innovations relevant to the pedagogy of urban design? What are the lingering debates, conflicts ad contradictions in the theory and practice of urban design? How could urban design respond to the contemporary challenges of climate change, sustainability, active living initiatives, globalization, and the like? What are the significant disciplinary influences on the theory, research and practice of urban design in recent times?
There has never before been a more authoritative and comprehensive companion that includes core, foundational and pioneering ideas and concepts of urban design. This book serves as an invaluable guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students, future professionals, and practitioners interested in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning, but also in urban studies, urban affairs, geography, and related fields.
Table of Contents
Introduction Part 1: Roots Introduction 1. From CIAM to CNU: The Roots and Thinkers of Modern Urban Design 2. The Open and the Enclosed: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Urban Design 3. Pedagogical Traditions Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives Introduction 4. Urban Design: An Incompletely Theorized Project 5. The Two Orders of Cybernetics in Urban Form and Design 6. Urban Design and Spatial Political Economy 7. Critical Urbanism: Space, Design, Revolution Part 3: Influences Introduction 8. Urban Design and the Traditions of Geography 9. Influences of Sociology on Urban Design 10. Influences of Anthropology on Urban Design 11. Feminist Approaches to Urban Design 12. Environmental Psychology and Urban Design 13. The Law of Urban Design 14. Political Theory and Urban Design 15. Interactions between Public Health and Urban Design 16. Urban Design and the Cinematic Arts Part 4: Technologies and Methods Introduction 17. Design Studios 18. Media Tools for Urban Design 19. Visualizing Change: Simulations as a Decision Making Tool 20. City Design in the Age of Digital Ubiquity Part 5: Process Introduction 21. Customs, Norms, Rules, Regulations and Standards in Design Practice 22. Decoding Design Guidance 23. Urban Design Competitions 24. The Design Charrette 25. Citizen Design: Participation and Beyond Part 6: Components Introduction 26. Downtown Urban Design 27. Suburbs: Rus in Urbe, the Picturesque, and Selfhood 28. Planned Communities and New Towns 29. Neighborhood Spaces: Design Innovations and Social Themes 30. Spaces of Consumption 31. Cultural Institutions: The Role of Urban Design 32. Streets and the Public Realm: Emerging Designs 33. Mixed-Life Places 34. Urban Flux Part 7: Debates Introduction 35. Compactness vs. Sprawl 36. Living Together or Apart: Exclusion, Gentrification, and Displacement 37. Place, Identity and the Global City 38. Old vs. New Urbanism 39. Form-Based Codes vs. Conventional Zoning Part 8: Global Trends Introduction 40. City Branding 41. From Metropolitan to Regional Urbanization 42. Ethnoscapes 43. Urban Design for a Planet of Informal Cities Part 9: New Directions Introduction 44. Postmodern and Integral Urbanism 45. Ecological Urbanism 46. Metropolitan Form and Landscape Urbanism 47. Intertwist and Intertwine: Sustainability, Meet Urban Design 48. Smart Growth: A Critical Review of the State of the Art 49. Notes on Transit Oriented Development 50. Placemaking in Urban Design 51. Secure Cities 52. Design for Resilient Cities: Reflections from a Studio. Epilogue
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