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The Form of Cities: Political Economy and Urban Design

Alexander R. Cuthbert
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1640-4
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320 pages
March 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • This text offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities.

  • Demonstrates that cities are replete with symbolic values, collective memory, association and conflict.

  • Proposes a new theoretical understanding of urban design, based in political economy.

  • Demonstrates different ways of conceptualising the city, whether through aesthetics or the prism of gender, for example.

  • Written in an engaging and jargon-free style, but retains a sophisticated interpretative edge.

  • Complements ‘Designing Cities’ by the same author (Blackwell, 2003).

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