Alexander R. Cuthbert – författare

Designing Cities is the first reader to be published in the thriving field of urban design. It has been assembled to appeal to a broad range of readers interested in how the design of cities comes about. Provides a complex and integrated perspective on the field of urban design.Carefully structured, so that students will gain an understanding of the theoretical context from which urban design has emerged.Includes work by Manuel Castells, David Harvey, Christian Norberg-Schultz, Peter Marcuse and others.

Designing Cities is the first reader to be published in the thriving field of urban design. It has been assembled to appeal to a broad range of readers interested in how the design of cities comes about. Provides a complex and integrated perspective on the field of urban design.Carefully structured, so that students will gain an understanding of the theoretical context from which urban design has emerged.Includes work by Manuel Castells, David Harvey, Christian Norberg-Schultz, Peter Marcuse and others.

The Form of Cities offers readers a considered theoretical introduction to the art of designing cities. Demonstrates that cities are replete with symbolic values, collective memory, association and conflict.Proposes a new theoretical understanding of urban design, based in political economy.Demonstrates different ways of conceptualising the city, whether through aesthetics or the prism of gender, for example.Written in an engaging and jargon-free style, but retains a sophisticated interpretative edge.Complements Designing Cities by the same author (Blackwell, 2003).