Companion to Urban Design

Description

Today the practice of urban design has forged a distinctive identity with applications at many different scales – ranging from the block or street scale to the scale of metropolitan and regional landscapes. Urban design interfaces many aspects of contemporary public policy – multiculturalism, healthy cities, environmental justice, economic development, climate change, energy conservations, protection of natural environments, sustainable development, community liveability, and the like. The field now comprises a core body of knowledge that enfolds a right history of ideas, paradigms, principles, tools, research and applications, enriched by electric influences from the humanities, and social and natural sciences.
Companion to Urban Design includes more than fifty original contributions from internationally recognized authorities in the field. These contributions address the following questions: What are the important ideas that have shaped the field and the current practice of urban design? What are the major methods and processes that have influenced the practice of urban design at various scales? What are the current innovations relevant to the pedagogy of urban design? What are the lingering debates, conflicts ad contradictions in the theory and practice of urban design? How could urban design respond to the contemporary challenges of climate change, sustainability, active living initiatives, globalization, and the like? What are the significant disciplinary influences on the theory, research and practice of urban design in recent times?
There has never before been a more authoritative and comprehensive companion that includes core, foundational and pioneering ideas and concepts of urban design. This book serves as an invaluable guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students, future professionals, and practitioners interested in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning, but also in urban studies, urban affairs, geography, and related fields.

CONTENTS

Part I: Roots

• Introduction Chapter
• 1. From CIAM to CNU: The Roots and Thinkers of Modern Urban Design Eugenie Birch Chapter
• 2. The Open and the Enclosed: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Urban Design Robert Fishman Chapter
• 3. Pedagogical Traditions Danilo Palazzo Part 

2 Theoretical Perspectives

• Introduction Chapter
• 4. Urban Design: An Incompletely Theorized Project Niraj Verma Chapter
• 5. The Two Orders of Cybernetics in Urban Form and Design M. Christine Boyer
• 6. Urban Design and Spatial Political Economy Alexander Cuthbert Chapter
• 7. Critical Urbanism: Space, Design, Revolution Kanishka Goonewardena 

Part 3 Influences

• Introduction Chapter
• 8. Urban Design and the Traditions of Geography Larry R. Ford Chapter
• 9. Influences of Sociology on Urban Design William Michelson Chapter
• 10. Influences of Anthropology on Urban Design Denise Lawrence-Zuñiga Chapter
• 11. Feminist Approaches to Urban Design Kristen Day Chapter
• 12. Environmental Psychology and Urban Design Jack L. Nasar Chapter
• 13. The Law of Urban Design Jerold Kayden Chapter
• 14. Political Theory and Urban Design Margaret Kohn Chapter
• 15. Interactions between Public Health and Urban Design Marlon G. Boarnet and Lois M. Takahashi Chapter
• 16. Urban Design and the Cinematic Arts Rafael E. Pizarro 

Part 4 Technologies and Methods

• Introduction Chapter
• 17. Design Studios Kathryn H. Anthony Chapter
• 18. Media Tools for Urban Design Martin Krieger Chapter
• 19. Visualizing Change: Simulations as a Decision Making Tool Peter Bosselmann Chapter
• 20. City Design in the Age of Digital Ubiquity Eran Ben-Joseph 

Part 5 Process

• Introduction
• 21. Customs, Norms, Rules, Regulations and Standards in Design Practice William C. Baer Chapter
• 22. Decoding Design Guidance Matthew Carmona
• 23. Urban Design Competitions Ute Lehrer Chapter
• 24. The Design Charrette Douglas Kelbaugh Chapter
• 25. Citizen Design: Participation and Beyond Jeffrey Hou

Part 6 Components

• 26. Downtown Urban Design Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Tridib Banerjee Chapter
• 27. Suburbs: Rus in Urbe, the Picturesque, and Selfhood John Archer Chapter
• 28. Planned Communities and New Towns Ann Forsyth Chapter
• 29. Neighborhood Spaces: Design Innovations and Social Themes Ajay Garde Chapter
• 30. Spaces of Consumption Klaus Kunzmann Chapter
• 31. Cultural Institutions: The Role of Urban Design Carl Grodach Chapter
• 32. Streets and the Public Realm: Emerging Designs Elizabeth MacDonald Chapter
• 33. Mixed-Life Places Mark Francis Chapter
• 34. Urban Flux Gary Hack

Part 7 Debates

• 35. Compactness vs. Sprawl Reid Ewing, Keith Bartholomew, and Arthur C. Nelson Chapter
• 36. Living Together or Apart: Exclusion, Gentrification, and Displacement Ali Madanipour Chapter
• 37. Place, Identity and the Global City Michael Southworth and Deni Ruggeri Chapter
• 38. Old vs. New Urbanism Ivonne Audirac Chapter
• 39. Form-Based Codes vs. Conventional Zoning Emily Talen

Part 8 Global Trends

• 40. City Branding Jon Lang Chapter
• 41. From Metropolitan to Regional Urbanization Edward Soja Chapter
• 42. Ethnoscapes Clara Irazabal Chapter
• 43. Urban Design for a Planet of Informal Cities Vinit Mukhija

Part 9 New Directions

• 44. Postmodern and Integral Urbanism Nan Ellin Chapter
• 45. Ecological Urbanism Ann Spirn Chapter
• 46. Metropolitan Form and Landscape Urbanism Brenda Scheer Chapter
• 47. Intertwist and Intertwine: Sustainability, Meet Urban Design Randolph T. Hester and Marcia J. McNally Chapter
• 48. Smart Growth: A Critical Review of the State of the Art Aseem Inam Chapter
• 49. Notes on Transit Oriented Development Stefanos Polyzoides Chapter
• 50. Placemaking in Urban Design Kathy Madden Chapter
• 51. Secure Cities Carolyn Whitzman Chapter
• 52. Design for Resilient Cities: Reflections from a Studio Mahyar Arefi Epilogue

710 pages / 17,5 x 24,5 cm / English