The Form of Cities: Political Economy and Urban DesignISBN: 978-1-4051-1639-8
Hardcover
324 pages
April 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1. Theory.
Introduction: The Problem.
Urban Design: Definitions.
Urban Design: ‘Theory’.
Spatial Political Economy and Urban Design.
2. History.
Introduction: What is History?.
History and Urban Design.
Chronologies.
Typologies.
Utopias.
Fragments.
Materialist Theory Overview.
3. Philosophy.
Introduction: Implications from Philosophy.
Philosophy and Urbanism Paradigms.
Philosophy and Urban Design 4. Politics.
Introduction: Politics and Ideology.
Power: Rights and Laws Law as Ideology.
Politics and Urban Planning.
The Public Realm.
5. Culture.
Introduction: Culture and Urban Design.
The Culture of Modernism.
Postmodern Culture.
Globalisation, Culture, Economy.
Authenticity and Symbolic Representation.
The New Ruralism/Urbanism.
6. Gender.
Introduction: Gender the Missing Component.
Gender and Society Gender and Patriarchy.
Gender and Capital.
Gender and Space.
Gender and Urban Design.
7. Environment.
Introduction: Nature and the City.
Origins and Development.
People-Nature.
Sustainability and Development.
Sustainable Cities.
Sustainable Urban Design.
8. Aesthetics.
Introduction: Aesthetics – Objects and Experience.
The Aesthetics of Urban Form.
Mathematics and the Divine Order.
Contextualism.
Rationalism.
Symbolic Capital.
Regulation.
Theming.
9. Typologies.
Introduction: Taxonomy, Typology, Morphology, System.
Typologies Derived from Associated Disciplines.
Typologies Derived from Traditional Urban Design Perspectives.
Implications from Spatial Political Economy.
10. Pragmatics.
Introduction: Cultural Capital.
Professional Intervention.
Professions and Knowledge Systems.
Professions and Space.
Urban Design Education Postscript.
References.
Index