Urban Transformations - Power, People and Urban Design (Paperback)

Cities affect every person's life, yet across the traditional divides of class, age, gender and political affiliation, armies of people are united in their dislike of the transformations that cities have undergone in recent times. The physical form of the urban environment is not a designer add-on to 'real' social issues; it is a central aspect of the social world. Yet in many people's experience, the cumulative impacts of recent urban development have created widely un-loved urban places. To work towards better-loved urban environments, we need to understand how current problems have arisen and identify practical action to address them.
Urban Transformations examines the crucial issues relating to how cities are formed, how people use these urban environments and how cities can be transformed into better places. Exploring the links between the concrete physicality of the built environment and the complex social, economic, political and cultural processes through which the physical urban form is produced and consumed, Ian Bentley proposes a framework of ideas to provoke and develop current debate and new forms of practice.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2001
First published:	December 2001
Authors:	Ian Bentley
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-12824-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-12824-2
Barcode:	9780415128247

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