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001 2015043992
003 DLC
005 20151111155451.0
008 151110s2016 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2015043992
020 $a9781472566942 (paperback)
020 $a9781472566959 (hardback)
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040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHT166$b.D6645 2016
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084 $aARC000000$aARC001000$aARC010000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aDovey, Kim,$eauthor.
245 10 $aUrban design thinking :$ba conceptual toolkit /$cKim Dovey.
263 $a1606
264 1 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury Academic,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Urban Design Thinking provides a conceptual toolkit for urban design. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it shows how the design of our cities and urban spaces can be interpreted and informed through contemporary theories of urbanism, architecture and spatial analysis. Relating abstract ideas to real-world examples, and taking assemblage thinking as its critical framework, the book introduces an array of key theoretical principles and demonstrates how theory is central to urban design critique and practice. Thirty short chapters can be read alone or in sequence, each opening a different kind of conceptual window onto how cities work and how they are transformed through design practice. Chapters range from explorations of urban morphology, typology, meaning and place identity to particular issues such as urban design codes, informal settlements, globalization, transit and creative clusters.This book is essential reading for those engaged with the practice of urban design and planning, as well as for anyone interested in the theoretical side of urbanism, architecture, and related disciplines"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction1. Urbanity -- 2. Access -- 3. Mix -- 4. Density -- 5. Action -- 6. Drama -- 7. Interface -- 8. Type -- 9. Image -- 10. Discourse -- 11. Memory -- 12. Place -- 13. Character -- 14. Authority -- 15. Resistance -- 16. Globalization -- 17. Privatization -- 18. Shopping Malls -- 19. Enclaves -- 20. Towers -- 21. Tourism -- 22. Codes -- 23. Graffiti -- 24. Advertising -- 25. Informal Trading -- 26. Informal Settlements -- 27. Temporary Urbanism -- 28. Creative Clusters -- 29. Transit -- 30. Complex adaptive assemblageReferences -- Abstracts -- Index.
650 0 $aCity planning$xPhilosophy.
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / Criticism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.$2bisacsh