The Dynamics of Urbanism

by Peter F. Smith

Overview

Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most important works in urban studies published in the last century.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415611459
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/03/2010
Series:	Routledge Library Editions. the City
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Towns and Cities for Real People; Part 1 The Complexities of Perception; Chapter 2 Formation of an Urban Schema; Chapter 3 The Memory System; Chapter 4 Subliminal Perception; Chapter 5 From Learning to Unlearning; Chapter 6 Symbolism; Chapter 7 Archetypal Symbols in the Urban Context; Chapter 8 Relational Perception and Value Systems; Chapter 9 Down with the System; Chapter 10 Value Systems in the Urban Context; Part 2 Policy; Chapter 11 Design Motivation; Chapter 12 City as Organism; Chapter 13 A Case for Challenge; Chapter 14 The Dynamic Agenda; Chapter 15 The Passive Agenda; Chapter 16 Limbic Values; Chapter 17 The Symbolic Agenda; Chapter 18 The Dialectics of Urbanism; Chapter 19 Towards a Theory of Aesthetics; Part 3 Mental Strategies in Urban Design; Chapter 20 Current Design Methods; Chapter 21 Towards a Strategy; Chapter 22 The Nature of Innovation; Chapter 23 A Design Methodology; Chapter 24 The Final Straight; INDEX.;