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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 | |