Urban design futures

The last decade has seen the rise of urban design which has taken a central position in the new agendas for urban regeneration and renaissance. Urban design has moved from marginality to mainstream. The principles espoused by urban designers over the past thirty years are now accepted as key to a better urban environment and as we move towards greater sustainability, different ideas are emerging that are challenging some of the accepted urban design norms; urban design is at a watershed. Urban Design Futures presents essays from an international cast of authors to review pro

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CITY PLANNING; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. TERRITORIES OF URBAN DESIGN; 2. GLOBALISING URBAN DESIGN; 3. IT'S SPRAWL, BUY IT'S MY SPRAWL; 4. TRADITIONAL URBANISM IN CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE; 5. THE PLANNING SYSTEM AND THE DELIVERY OF DESIGN QUALITY; 6. THE ART OF CITY BUILDING; 7. LIFE, SPACES, BUILDINGS: AND IN SAID ORDER, PLEASE; 8. THE INSECURITY OF URBANISM; 9. THE STREET; 10. ASIAN COMMERCIALISM AND THE DISCOVERY OF PLACE: THE LAN KWAI FONG STORY

11. THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF URBAN DESIGN12. MEN SHOULDN'T DECIDE EVERYTHING: WOMEN AND THE PUBLIC REALM; 13. POST MODERN MOVEMENT: THE 'INSCRIBED' CITY; 14. ANIMAL URBANISM AND HOMEOPATHIC ARCHITECTURE; 15. WHAT IS THE 'NEW ORDINARY'?; 16. A VERTICAL THEORY OF URBAN DESIGN; 17. THE BRAND NEW AUTHENTIC RETAIL EXPERIENCE: THE COMMERCIALISM OF URBAN DESIGN; 18. PLACE, EXPERIENCE, MOVEMENT; 19. LOWER LEA VALLEY OLYMPIC AND LEGACY MASTERPLANS; 20. GIVING MEANING TO THE EXPERIENCE ECONOMY: USING URBAN DESIGN TO RE-ESTABLISH A PLACE IN THE NETWORKED CITY; 21. GROUND ZERO