The Form of Cities offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities. Demonstrates that cities are replete with symbolic value

The Form of Cities offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities. Demonstrates that cities are replete with symbolic value

This book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. At the city scale

A summation and extension of Lynch's vision for the exploration of city form. With the publication of The Image of the City in 1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon t

Designing the City looks at current urban problems in cities and demonstrates how effective urban design can address social, economic and environmental issues a

Luoyang, situated in present-day Henan province, was one of the great urban centres of pre-Qin and early imperial China, the favoured site for dynastic capitals

This is a book about how cities occupy space. We are not interested in architectural masterpieces, but the tools for reinventing city life. We try to provide a

Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines

Drawing on a series of in-depth interviews among a segment of Toronto's inner-city, middle-class population, Caulfield argues that the seeds of gentrification h