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More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, but a billion of these people reside in neighbourhoods characterized by entrenched disadvantage. These neighbourhoods, known as ‘slums’, are often seen as a debilitating and even subversive presence within society. In reality, however, it is often the host societies and their public policies that are at(...)
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More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, but a billion of these people reside in neighbourhoods characterized by entrenched disadvantage. These neighbourhoods, known as ‘slums’, are often seen as a debilitating and even subversive presence within society. In reality, however, it is often the host societies and their public policies that are at(...)
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Slums: the history of a global injustice
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More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, but a billion of these people reside in neighbourhoods characterized by entrenched disadvantage. These neighbourhoods, known as ‘slums’, are often seen as a debilitating and even subversive presence within society. In reality, however, it is often the host societies and their public policies that are at fault. In this comprehensive global history, Alan Mayne explores the evolution and meaning of the word ‘slum’, from its origins in London in the early nineteenth century to its use to describe favela communities in the lead up to the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016. The word ‘slum’ has been extensively used for two hundred years to condemn and disperse poor communities.
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More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, but a billion of these people reside in neighbourhoods characterized by entrenched disadvantage. These neighbourhoods, known as ‘slums’, are often seen as a debilitating and even subversive presence within society. In reality, however, it is often the host societies and their public policies that are at fault. In this comprehensive global history, Alan Mayne explores the evolution and meaning of the word ‘slum’, from its origins in London in the early nineteenth century to its use to describe favela communities in the lead up to the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016. The word ‘slum’ has been extensively used for two hundred years to condemn and disperse poor communities.
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July 2017
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Offering new ways of thinking about our cities, Code and Clay, Data and Dirt goes far beyond the standard historical concepts of origins, development, revolutions, and the accomplishments of an elite few. Mattern shows that in their architecture, laws, street layouts, and civic knowledge—and through technologies including the telephone, telegraph, radio, printing,(...)
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Offering new ways of thinking about our cities, Code and Clay, Data and Dirt goes far beyond the standard historical concepts of origins, development, revolutions, and the accomplishments of an elite few. Mattern shows that in their architecture, laws, street layouts, and civic knowledge—and through technologies including the telephone, telegraph, radio, printing,(...)
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Code and clay, data and dirt: five thousand years of urban media
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Offering new ways of thinking about our cities, Code and Clay, Data and Dirt goes far beyond the standard historical concepts of origins, development, revolutions, and the accomplishments of an elite few. Mattern shows that in their architecture, laws, street layouts, and civic knowledge—and through technologies including the telephone, telegraph, radio, printing, writing, and even the human voice—cities have long negotiated a rich exchange between analog and digital, code and clay, data and dirt, ether and ore. Mattern’s vivid prose takes readers through a historically and geographically broad range of stories, scenes, and locations, synthesizing a new narrative for our urban spaces. Taking media archaeology to the city’s streets, Code and Clay, Data and Dirt reveals new ways to write our urban, media, and cultural histories.
Code and clay, data and dirt: five thousand years of urban media
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Offering new ways of thinking about our cities, Code and Clay, Data and Dirt goes far beyond the standard historical concepts of origins, development, revolutions, and the accomplishments of an elite few. Mattern shows that in their architecture, laws, street layouts, and civic knowledge—and through technologies including the telephone, telegraph, radio, printing, writing, and even the human voice—cities have long negotiated a rich exchange between analog and digital, code and clay, data and dirt, ether and ore. Mattern’s vivid prose takes readers through a historically and geographically broad range of stories, scenes, and locations, synthesizing a new narrative for our urban spaces. Taking media archaeology to the city’s streets, Code and Clay, Data and Dirt reveals new ways to write our urban, media, and cultural histories.
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Tunnels, passerelles, escalators, téléphériques urbains, cheminements, les pasages sont des maillons essentiels et potentiellement porteurs d'urbanités singulières. Ils demandent peu d'investissements et devraient systématiquement accompagner les grandes opérations d'aménagement parce qu'ils offrent des vertus réparatrices des fractures opérées par les infrastructures de(...)
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Tunnels, passerelles, escalators, téléphériques urbains, cheminements, les pasages sont des maillons essentiels et potentiellement porteurs d'urbanités singulières. Ils demandent peu d'investissements et devraient systématiquement accompagner les grandes opérations d'aménagement parce qu'ils offrent des vertus réparatrices des fractures opérées par les infrastructures de(...)
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Passages: transitional spaces for the 21st-century city / Espaces de transition pour la ville du 21e siècle
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Tunnels, passerelles, escalators, téléphériques urbains, cheminements, les pasages sont des maillons essentiels et potentiellement porteurs d'urbanités singulières. Ils demandent peu d'investissements et devraient systématiquement accompagner les grandes opérations d'aménagement parce qu'ils offrent des vertus réparatrices des fractures opérées par les infrastructures de transport rapide et le zoning de l'urbanisation du 20e siècle. Cet ouvrage présente plus de 150 réalisations contemporaines et analyse les passages dans leurs dimensions historique, spatiale, sociale, sensible, ainsi que du pont de vue des mobilités émergentes et des désirs des habitants. Le Manifeste du PAssage, en conclusion, est un appel à l'innovation.
Passages: transitional spaces for the 21st-century city / Espaces de transition pour la ville du 21e siècle
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Tunnels, passerelles, escalators, téléphériques urbains, cheminements, les pasages sont des maillons essentiels et potentiellement porteurs d'urbanités singulières. Ils demandent peu d'investissements et devraient systématiquement accompagner les grandes opérations d'aménagement parce qu'ils offrent des vertus réparatrices des fractures opérées par les infrastructures de transport rapide et le zoning de l'urbanisation du 20e siècle. Cet ouvrage présente plus de 150 réalisations contemporaines et analyse les passages dans leurs dimensions historique, spatiale, sociale, sensible, ainsi que du pont de vue des mobilités émergentes et des désirs des habitants. Le Manifeste du PAssage, en conclusion, est un appel à l'innovation.
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In Urban Acupuncture, Lerner celebrates these “pinpricks” of urbanism—projects, people, and initiatives from around the world that ripple through their communities to uplift city life. With meditative and descriptive prose, Lerner brings readers around the world to streets and neighborhoods where urban acupuncture has been practiced best, from the bustling La Boqueria(...)
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In Urban Acupuncture, Lerner celebrates these “pinpricks” of urbanism—projects, people, and initiatives from around the world that ripple through their communities to uplift city life. With meditative and descriptive prose, Lerner brings readers around the world to streets and neighborhoods where urban acupuncture has been practiced best, from the bustling La Boqueria(...)
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Urban acupuncture: celebrating pinpricks of change that celebrate urban life
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In Urban Acupuncture, Lerner celebrates these “pinpricks” of urbanism—projects, people, and initiatives from around the world that ripple through their communities to uplift city life. With meditative and descriptive prose, Lerner brings readers around the world to streets and neighborhoods where urban acupuncture has been practiced best, from the bustling La Boqueria market in Barcelona to the revitalization of the Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul, South Korea. Through this journey, Lerner invites us to re-examine the true building blocks of vibrant communities—the tree-lined avenues, night vendors, and songs and traditions that connect us to our cities and to one another.
Urban acupuncture: celebrating pinpricks of change that celebrate urban life
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In Urban Acupuncture, Lerner celebrates these “pinpricks” of urbanism—projects, people, and initiatives from around the world that ripple through their communities to uplift city life. With meditative and descriptive prose, Lerner brings readers around the world to streets and neighborhoods where urban acupuncture has been practiced best, from the bustling La Boqueria market in Barcelona to the revitalization of the Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul, South Korea. Through this journey, Lerner invites us to re-examine the true building blocks of vibrant communities—the tree-lined avenues, night vendors, and songs and traditions that connect us to our cities and to one another.
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Inégalités urbaines
Inégalités urbaines
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Rien ne garantit, aujourd’hui, qu’une évolution soutenable des sociétés humaines puisse être atteinte. Mais dans?la mesure où ce projet représente notre seul horizon collectif possible, il sera à la fois la cause et le résultat d’un changement drastique de nos modes de vie qui ne pourra aboutir sans l’adhésion volontaire de chacun. Comme Bernardo Secchi l’a soutenu à(...)
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Rien ne garantit, aujourd’hui, qu’une évolution soutenable des sociétés humaines puisse être atteinte. Mais dans?la mesure où ce projet représente notre seul horizon collectif possible, il sera à la fois la cause et le résultat d’un changement drastique de nos modes de vie qui ne pourra aboutir sans l’adhésion volontaire de chacun. Comme Bernardo Secchi l’a soutenu à(...)
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Inégalités urbaines
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Rien ne garantit, aujourd’hui, qu’une évolution soutenable des sociétés humaines puisse être atteinte. Mais dans?la mesure où ce projet représente notre seul horizon collectif possible, il sera à la fois la cause et le résultat d’un changement drastique de nos modes de vie qui ne pourra aboutir sans l’adhésion volontaire de chacun. Comme Bernardo Secchi l’a soutenu à diverses reprises, répondre à cet impératif écologique réclame avant tout de lutter contre les inégalités urbaines et de mettre en œuvre une véritable politique de droit à la ville. Le présent ouvrage élargit cette réflexion et ouvre des perspectives théoriques pour des projets de villes dont les enjeux spatiaux favorisent une société soutenable universelle. À travers l’analyse de plusieurs cas concrets, Inégalités urbaines rend compte d’une pensée architecturale et urbaine qui croise les stratégies sociales, la question des risques et la politique de la ville.
Inégalités urbaines
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Rien ne garantit, aujourd’hui, qu’une évolution soutenable des sociétés humaines puisse être atteinte. Mais dans?la mesure où ce projet représente notre seul horizon collectif possible, il sera à la fois la cause et le résultat d’un changement drastique de nos modes de vie qui ne pourra aboutir sans l’adhésion volontaire de chacun. Comme Bernardo Secchi l’a soutenu à diverses reprises, répondre à cet impératif écologique réclame avant tout de lutter contre les inégalités urbaines et de mettre en œuvre une véritable politique de droit à la ville. Le présent ouvrage élargit cette réflexion et ouvre des perspectives théoriques pour des projets de villes dont les enjeux spatiaux favorisent une société soutenable universelle. À travers l’analyse de plusieurs cas concrets, Inégalités urbaines rend compte d’une pensée architecturale et urbaine qui croise les stratégies sociales, la question des risques et la politique de la ville.
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October 2017
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Un monde de bidonvilles
Un monde de bidonvilles
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Pour certains, les bidonvilles doivent être éradiqués comme des foyers d’insalubrité et de criminalité. Pour d’autres, ils constituent un laboratoire de la ville durable, à la fois piétonne, écologique, participative et recyclable. Et si les bidonvilles, au lieu de renvoyer uniquement à un passé effrayant, inventaient aussi des solutions pour l’avenir ?
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Pour certains, les bidonvilles doivent être éradiqués comme des foyers d’insalubrité et de criminalité. Pour d’autres, ils constituent un laboratoire de la ville durable, à la fois piétonne, écologique, participative et recyclable. Et si les bidonvilles, au lieu de renvoyer uniquement à un passé effrayant, inventaient aussi des solutions pour l’avenir ?
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Un monde de bidonvilles
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Pour certains, les bidonvilles doivent être éradiqués comme des foyers d’insalubrité et de criminalité. Pour d’autres, ils constituent un laboratoire de la ville durable, à la fois piétonne, écologique, participative et recyclable. Et si les bidonvilles, au lieu de renvoyer uniquement à un passé effrayant, inventaient aussi des solutions pour l’avenir ?
Un monde de bidonvilles
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Pour certains, les bidonvilles doivent être éradiqués comme des foyers d’insalubrité et de criminalité. Pour d’autres, ils constituent un laboratoire de la ville durable, à la fois piétonne, écologique, participative et recyclable. Et si les bidonvilles, au lieu de renvoyer uniquement à un passé effrayant, inventaient aussi des solutions pour l’avenir ?
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Canadian artists Daniel Young and Christian Giroux created a non-hierarchical inventory of buildings realized in Berlin in 2013, juxtaposing them with those from a generation earlier. Using a strictly analytical approach, the documentation of more than 750 pairs of buildings began at the city’s north-west periphery. The artists scanned the urban fabric for structures from(...)
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Canadian artists Daniel Young and Christian Giroux created a non-hierarchical inventory of buildings realized in Berlin in 2013, juxtaposing them with those from a generation earlier. Using a strictly analytical approach, the documentation of more than 750 pairs of buildings began at the city’s north-west periphery. The artists scanned the urban fabric for structures from(...)
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Berlin 2013/1983. Daniel Young and Christian Giroux
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Canadian artists Daniel Young and Christian Giroux created a non-hierarchical inventory of buildings realized in Berlin in 2013, juxtaposing them with those from a generation earlier. Using a strictly analytical approach, the documentation of more than 750 pairs of buildings began at the city’s north-west periphery. The artists scanned the urban fabric for structures from the specified years, subverting presupposed lines of differentiation, chronologies, and dichotomies between the present and the period preceding the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as the ideological distinction between East and West Berlin. This double volume is the print rendering of their cinematic installation.
Berlin 2013/1983. Daniel Young and Christian Giroux
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Canadian artists Daniel Young and Christian Giroux created a non-hierarchical inventory of buildings realized in Berlin in 2013, juxtaposing them with those from a generation earlier. Using a strictly analytical approach, the documentation of more than 750 pairs of buildings began at the city’s north-west periphery. The artists scanned the urban fabric for structures from the specified years, subverting presupposed lines of differentiation, chronologies, and dichotomies between the present and the period preceding the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as the ideological distinction between East and West Berlin. This double volume is the print rendering of their cinematic installation.
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December 2017
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The future of humanity is urban. We are facing major problems such as climate change, social inequality, large-scale migration, and resource depletion. Cities (and those who 'make' the city) play an important role in addressing these problems. In this volume, the 'Future Urban Regions Lectorate' offers designers, their commissioners and (local) governments new models and(...)
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The future of humanity is urban. We are facing major problems such as climate change, social inequality, large-scale migration, and resource depletion. Cities (and those who 'make' the city) play an important role in addressing these problems. In this volume, the 'Future Urban Regions Lectorate' offers designers, their commissioners and (local) governments new models and(...)
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November 2017
November 2017
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Urban challenges, resilient solutions: design thinking for the future of urban regions
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The future of humanity is urban. We are facing major problems such as climate change, social inequality, large-scale migration, and resource depletion. Cities (and those who 'make' the city) play an important role in addressing these problems. In this volume, the 'Future Urban Regions Lectorate' offers designers, their commissioners and (local) governments new models and ideas to deal with healthy urban development. Illustrated by more than fifty case studies and global examples, this book offers a toolkit for those interested in implementing research by design and healthy urban regions.
Urban challenges, resilient solutions: design thinking for the future of urban regions
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The future of humanity is urban. We are facing major problems such as climate change, social inequality, large-scale migration, and resource depletion. Cities (and those who 'make' the city) play an important role in addressing these problems. In this volume, the 'Future Urban Regions Lectorate' offers designers, their commissioners and (local) governments new models and ideas to deal with healthy urban development. Illustrated by more than fifty case studies and global examples, this book offers a toolkit for those interested in implementing research by design and healthy urban regions.
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À la manière des "Images de pensée" de Walter Benjamin, Rem Koolhaas s'interroge sur les profonds bouleversements qui touchent la nature même des villes contemporaines. Que ce soit Atlanta, Singapour, Paris, Lille, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscou, New York, Londres, une question revient : qu'est-ce que la ville aujourd'hui ? Pourquoi des architectes, des systèmes politiques, des(...)
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À la manière des "Images de pensée" de Walter Benjamin, Rem Koolhaas s'interroge sur les profonds bouleversements qui touchent la nature même des villes contemporaines. Que ce soit Atlanta, Singapour, Paris, Lille, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscou, New York, Londres, une question revient : qu'est-ce que la ville aujourd'hui ? Pourquoi des architectes, des systèmes politiques, des(...)
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Études sur (ce qui s'appelait autrefois) la ville
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À la manière des "Images de pensée" de Walter Benjamin, Rem Koolhaas s'interroge sur les profonds bouleversements qui touchent la nature même des villes contemporaines. Que ce soit Atlanta, Singapour, Paris, Lille, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscou, New York, Londres, une question revient : qu'est-ce que la ville aujourd'hui ? Pourquoi des architectes, des systèmes politiques, des cultures (américaine, européenne, asiatique) complètement différents en arrivent à des configurations relativement similaires?
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À la manière des "Images de pensée" de Walter Benjamin, Rem Koolhaas s'interroge sur les profonds bouleversements qui touchent la nature même des villes contemporaines. Que ce soit Atlanta, Singapour, Paris, Lille, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscou, New York, Londres, une question revient : qu'est-ce que la ville aujourd'hui ? Pourquoi des architectes, des systèmes politiques, des cultures (américaine, européenne, asiatique) complètement différents en arrivent à des configurations relativement similaires?
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February 2017
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The well-tempered city
The well-tempered city
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Cities are birthplaces of civilization; centers of culture, trade, and progress; cauldrons of opportunity—and the home of eighty percent of the world’s population by 2050. As the 21st century progresses, metropolitan areas will bear the brunt of global megatrends such as climate change, natural resource depletion, population growth, income inequality, mass migrations,(...)
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Cities are birthplaces of civilization; centers of culture, trade, and progress; cauldrons of opportunity—and the home of eighty percent of the world’s population by 2050. As the 21st century progresses, metropolitan areas will bear the brunt of global megatrends such as climate change, natural resource depletion, population growth, income inequality, mass migrations,(...)
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The well-tempered city
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Cities are birthplaces of civilization; centers of culture, trade, and progress; cauldrons of opportunity—and the home of eighty percent of the world’s population by 2050. As the 21st century progresses, metropolitan areas will bear the brunt of global megatrends such as climate change, natural resource depletion, population growth, income inequality, mass migrations, education and health disparities, among many others. In The Well-Tempered City, Jonathan F. P. Rose—the man who “repairs the fabric of cities”—distills a lifetime of interdisciplinary research and firsthand experience into a five-pronged model for how to design and reshape our cities with the goal of equalizing their landscape of opportunity. Drawing from the musical concept of “temperament” as a way to achieve harmony, Rose argues that well-tempered cities can be infused with systems that bend the arc of their development toward equality, resilience, adaptability, well-being, and the ever-unfolding harmony between civilization and nature. These goals may never be fully achieved, but our cities will be richer and happier if we aspire to them, and if we infuse our every plan and constructive step with this intention.
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Cities are birthplaces of civilization; centers of culture, trade, and progress; cauldrons of opportunity—and the home of eighty percent of the world’s population by 2050. As the 21st century progresses, metropolitan areas will bear the brunt of global megatrends such as climate change, natural resource depletion, population growth, income inequality, mass migrations, education and health disparities, among many others. In The Well-Tempered City, Jonathan F. P. Rose—the man who “repairs the fabric of cities”—distills a lifetime of interdisciplinary research and firsthand experience into a five-pronged model for how to design and reshape our cities with the goal of equalizing their landscape of opportunity. Drawing from the musical concept of “temperament” as a way to achieve harmony, Rose argues that well-tempered cities can be infused with systems that bend the arc of their development toward equality, resilience, adaptability, well-being, and the ever-unfolding harmony between civilization and nature. These goals may never be fully achieved, but our cities will be richer and happier if we aspire to them, and if we infuse our every plan and constructive step with this intention.
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October 2017
October 2017
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
