Making the Metropolitan Landscape

Standing Firm on Middle Ground

Edited by Jacqueline Tatom

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About the Book

Bringing together for the first time many well known and emerging voices in urban design theory and practice, this volume argues for a progressive and engaged design practice which speaks to the complexity and diversity of American cities.

Recognising that the landscape of the American city has always reflected democratic aspirations, mixed cultural heritage, and practical necessity, this book proposes new frameworks for describing and interpreting today’s metropolitan landscape.

Table of Contents

Introduction Jacqueline Tatom Photo Essay: Identity in the Middle Ground Part 1: Towards a Metropolitan Landscape: Interpreting American Cities 1. The Spatial Transformation and Restructuring of American Cities Peter Rowe 2. The Landscape of Comedy Jacqueline Tatom and Andrea Kahn 3. Landscape Urbanism and the American Agrarian Tradition Charles Waldheim 4. The Uses of History Eric Mumford 5. Urbanism by Numbers: A Quantitative Approach to Urban Form Anne Vernez Moudon Part 2: Towards a Metropolitan Urbanism - Democratic aspirations, American Pragmatism and Design Practice 6. Pragmatism as Urban Design Gwendolyn Wright 7. Flexibility to Resilience: Directions for Contemporary Practice Hashim Sarkis 8. Multiplicity Ed Robbins 9. Citizenship and Architecture: the Order of the American City Alan Plattus Part 3: Making the Metropolitan Landscape: Action Through Practice 10. Integrating Urban Design and Educational Reform in the Post-Industrial American City Roy Strickland 11. Drawing, Persuasion, Politics: a Case Study in the California Delta Jane Wolff 12. Urban Decisions / Urban Design Charlie Cannon 13. Beijing Sketchbook James Wines Part 4: Programs for a Metropolitan Landscape 14. Elements for Metropolitan Design Jacqueline Tatom and Andrea Kahn