Cities, design and evolution / Stephen Marshall

By:

Marshall, Stephen

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge, 2009. New York:Description: xi, 333 p. : illustrationsISBN:

9780415423298

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

711.4 MAR-C

Contents:

Introduction -- Planning at the crossroads -- Understanding urbanism -- Learning from science and nature -- This book -- Cities, planning and modernism -- City planning -- Modernist city planning -- Post-modern urbanism -- Conclusions -- Articulating urban order -- Urban units -- Urban syntax -- The nature of urban order -- Conclusions -- The social logic of urban order -- Buildings -- Cities -- The streets -- Conclusions -- The kind of thing a city is -- Metaphors and models -- Emerging perspectives -- The city as ecosystem -- Conclusions -- Emergence and evolution -- Emergence -- Evolution -- Conclusions -- Emergent urban order -- Urban emergence -- Street patterns -- City forms -- Conclusions -- Cities in evolution -- The evolution of cities -- Modernism in evolution -- 21st century evolving urbanism -- Planning, design and evolution -- Creation, development or evolution -- Space, time and civics -- An evolutionist approach -- Conclusions -- Understanding cities and urbanism -- Implications for practice and research -- Reflections on evolution -- Beyond cities, design and evolution.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	711.4 MAR-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 2	Available	005766
Books	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	711.4 MAR-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 3	Available	005767
Books	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	711.4 MAR-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 1	Available	000602

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Introduction --
Planning at the crossroads --
Understanding urbanism --
Learning from science and nature --
This book --
Cities, planning and modernism --
City planning --
Modernist city planning --
Post-modern urbanism --
Conclusions --
Articulating urban order --
Urban units --
Urban syntax --
The nature of urban order --
Conclusions --
The social logic of urban order --
Buildings --
Cities --
The streets --
Conclusions --
The kind of thing a city is --
Metaphors and models --
Emerging perspectives --
The city as ecosystem --
Conclusions --
Emergence and evolution --
Emergence --
Evolution --
Conclusions --
Emergent urban order --
Urban emergence --
Street patterns --
City forms --
Conclusions --
Cities in evolution --
The evolution of cities --
Modernism in evolution --
21st century evolving urbanism --
Planning, design and evolution --
Creation, development or evolution --
Space, time and civics --
An evolutionist approach --
Conclusions --
Understanding cities and urbanism --
Implications for practice and research --
Reflections on evolution --
Beyond cities, design and evolution.

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