Towns and cities, function in form : urban structures, economics and society /
Challenging existing assumptions about how our towns and cities are structured and formed, Julian Hart provides an engaging and thought-provoking alternative theory of urban design. This is not urban design in the sense of the practice of design; rather it is a theory of the form of the town at all...
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
2015
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| Series: | Design and the built environment series
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Boxes; About the Author; Foreword
- A Town Planning Perspective; Foreword
- A Design Perspective; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Natural Town; 2 A Journey into Town
- Part 1; 3 Making Places and anti-Places; 4 Competing Spaces and Urban Dynamics; 5 The Ingredients of the City; 6 Density Thresholds; 7 A Journey into Town
- Part 2; 8 Urban Vectors, again; 9 A Place to Live; 10 A Theory of the Town; 11 Urban Energetics; 12 Urban Development and Urban Planning; 13 Urban Design in Practice; 14 Urban Design and Society Appendix A: Urban Vectors for a Cross-roadReferences; Index
