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| List of plates | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| General Introduction | |
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| Historical Precedents for the Urban Design Field | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Upsurge of the Renaissance" | |
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| "The Family of Eyes" and "The Mire of the Macadam" | |
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| "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" | |
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| "The Meager and Unimaginative Character of Modern City Plans" and "Artistic Limitations of Modern City Planning" | |
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| "The Garden City Idea and Modern Planning" | |
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| "The Neighborhood Unit" | |
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| "The Pack-Donkey's Way and Man's Way" and "A Contemporary City" | |
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| Normative Theories of Good City Form | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Author's Introduction" and "The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact" | |
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| "The Timeless Way" | |
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| "Toward an Urban Design Manifesto" | |
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| "Dimensions of Performance" | |
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| Place Theories in Urban Design | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Prospects for Places" | |
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| "The Phenomenon of Place" | |
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| "The Problem of Place in America" | |
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| Dimensions of Place-Making | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "The Image of the Environment" and "The City Image and Its Elements" | |
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| "Introduction to The Concise Townscape" | |
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| "Principles for Regional Design" | |
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| "Critical Regionalism: An Architecture of Place" | |
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| "Place Memory and Urban Preservation" | |
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| "Themes of Postmodern Urbanism" | |
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| "The Generic City" | |
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| Typology and Morphology in Urban Design | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Critiques" and "Urban Components" | |
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| "The Third Typology" | |
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| "Getting to Know the Built Landscape: Typomorphology" | |
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| Contemporary Challenges and Responses | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "What is Sprawl?" | |
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| "Charter of the New Urbanism" | |
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| "Density in Communities, or the Most Important Factor in Building Urbanity" | |
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| "Compact, Decentralised or What? The Sustainable City Debate" | |
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| Elements of the Public Realm | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Introduction," "The Life of Plazas," "Sitting Space," and "Sun, Wind, Trees, and Water" | |
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| "Three Types of Outdoor Activities" and "Life Between Buildings" | |
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| "Urban Plazas" | |
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| "Neighborhood Space" | |
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| "Conclusion: Great Streets and City Planning" | |
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| "Getting Around" | |
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| "Green Streets" | |
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| "Drawing Lessons and Debunking Myths" | |
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| Practice and Process | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "A Catholic Approach to Organizing What Urban Designers Should Know" | |
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| "Urban Design as a Discipline and as a Profession" | |
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| "The Communication Process" | |
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| "The Debate on Design Review" | |
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| "Design Guidelines in American Cities: Conclusions" | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Illustration Credits | |
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| Copyright Information | |
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| Index | |