The Form of Cities: Political Economy and Urban DesignISBN: 978-1-4051-1640-4
Paperback
320 pages
April 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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The Form of Cities 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).