Main entry:

Cuthbert, Alexander R.

Title & Author:

The form of cities : political economy and urban design / Alexander R. Cuthbert.

Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Description:

xv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-290) and index.
History -- Philosophy -- Politics -- Culture -- Gender -- Environment -- Aesthetics -- Typologies -- Pragmatics.

Summary:

"The Form of Cities offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities. It encourages them to go beyond abstract social science into the realm of human experience, aesthetics, and the creative process in order to understand why cities are how they are; and it demonstrates that cities are replete with symbolic values, collective memory, association, and conflict."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

1405116390 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
1405116404 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781405116398
9781405116404

Subject:

City planning.
City planning Philosophy.
Cities and towns Philosophy.
Design urbain.
Urbanisme Philosophie.
Villes Philosophie.
urban design.
Politische Ökonomie
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
Theorie
Städtebau
Stadtgestaltung
Philosophie

Holdings:

Location: Library main 245160
Call No.: BIB 174814
Status: Available