Urban Design Futures

Edited by Malcolm Moor, Jon Rowland

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About the Book

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 progress and explore emerging ideas: should urban design reflect the future rather than recreate the past? What are the new driving forces that will shape urban living and hence urban design in the future? This book explores new concepts and points the way towards a series of urban design paradigms for the twenty-first century.

Reviews

'The urban design primer of the year ... this is a book covering the richness of the urban design debate with ideas ranging from the inspiring to the absolutely barmy – it is a vital introductory read for students of urban design and a valuable pot pourri of the current urban design debate.' – Green Places

'The value of this collection ... is that it does not limit itself to recount what is but to challenge established orthodoxies – including those of existing urban designers.' – Urban Design

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Urban Design Comes of Age: The Bigger Picture 1. Territories of Urban Design 2. Globalising Urban Design 3. It's Sprawl, but it's MY Sprawl 4. The ART of City Building 5. Civitas: Traditional Urbanism in Contemporary Practice 6. The Planning System and the Delivery of Design Quality Part 2: Connecting Social Spaces: Creating the Public Realm 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 Design 12. Men Shouldn't Decide Everything: Women and the Public Realm 13. Post Modern Movement: The Inscribed City 14. Animal Urbanism and Homeopathic Architecture Part 3: Sustainability Through Technology: Creating New Typologies 15. What is the 'New Ordinary'? 16. A Vertical Theory of Urban Design Part 4: Networks Expand Choice: New Frameworks for Urbanism 17. The Brand New Authentic Retail Experience: The Commercialization of Urban Design 18. Place, Experience, Movement 19. Lower Lea Valley Olympic and Legacy Masterplans 20. Giving Meaning to the Experience Economy 21. Ground Zero 22. Conclusion: Urban Design Futures