- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; New Ed edition (12 Dec 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 041534865X
- ISBN-13: 978-0415348652
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17.3 x 1.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,450,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Summarising several millennia in such a short space is a feat of synthesis and somehow Canniffe manages it through the selection of significant examples and by making perceptive connections ... Perceptive and stimulates a different way of thinking about the city.' - Urban Design
'The book advocates a flexible approach to the solution of urban problems through urban design ... Interesting analysis and good interpretation.' – Built Environment, Newsletter of Centre for Built Environment, Kolkata, India
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Although contemporary practice in urbanism has many sources of design guidelines, it lacks theory to provide a flexible approach to the complexities of most urban situations. The author provides that theoretical framework, looking beyond the style obsession of urban makeovers to the fundamental elements of city-making. The scope of this book takes in illuminating historical analysis and significant theoretical coherence, while recent case studies link the physical environment to the citizens within it, ultimately offering a new methodology for the analysis and design of urban spaces which encourages a balance between diversity and community.
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