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61. The Fundamentalist City?

    Religiosity and the Remaking of Urban Space

    Edited by Nezar AlSayyad, Mejgan Massoumi

    The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It attempts to establish a relationship between two important phenomena: the historic...

    Published July 21st 2010 by Routledge
62. Cities and Design

    By Paul L. Knox

    Series: Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City

    Cities, initially a product of the manufacturing era, have been thoroughly remade in the image of consumer society. Competitive spending among affluent households has intensified the importance of style and design at every scale and design professions have grown in size and importance, reflecting...

    Published June 24th 2010 by Routledge
63. Grotton Revisited

    Planning in Crisis?

    By Steve Ankers, David Kaiserman, Chris Shepley

    Series: RTPI Library Series

    Some thirty years ago the small Metropolitan County of Grotton found itself bathed in the bright glare of publicity as The Grotton Papers lifted the lid on the inner workings of the six planning departments of this hitherto little remarked corner of England. The intervening years have seen...

    Published June 23rd 2010 by Routledge
64. Distributed Urbanism

    Cities After Google Earth

    Edited by Gretchen Wilkins

    What form of housing will emerge in Dubai, where the majority of the population are non-citizens and the average length of stay is three days? How will depopulating cities reclaim vacant space, reorganize infrastructure and redefine their economic identity? What type of architecture results from...

    Published May 25th 2010 by Routledge
65. Insurgent Public Space

    Guerrilla Urbanism and the Remaking of Contemporary Cities

    Edited by Jeffrey Hou

    Winner of the EDRA book prize for 2012. In cities around the world, individuals and groups are reclaiming and creating urban sites, temporary spaces and informal gathering places. These ‘insurgent public spaces’ challenge conventional views of how urban areas are defined and used, and how they can...

    Published April 18th 2010 by Routledge
66. Urban Regeneration and Renewal

    Edited by Andrew Tallon

    Series: Critical Concepts in Urban Studies

    The pursuit of regeneration and renewal has played an important role in the history and development of the world’s cities, and the theoretical and applied issues around these critical concepts are of increasing importance to governments and local populations, as well as to urban professionals and...

    Published March 24th 2010 by Routledge
67. Dictionary of Ecodesign

    An Illustrated Reference

    By Ken Yeang, Lillian Woo

    The first guide to the terminology of sustainable design. Written by an internationally renowned expert in the field, this illustrated dictionary provides over 1500 definitions and explanations of ecodesign terms. Providing a unique resource for the practitioner and student, ...

    Published March 11th 2010 by Routledge
68. Smartcities and Eco-Warriors

    By CJ Lim, Ed Liu

    Modern methods of agriculture have led to cities growing out of control and reducing the available agricultural land, threatening the sustainability of our food system. The previous mutually sustaining relationships of animals, humans and the land have been lost with the progress of industry. The...

    Published February 22nd 2010 by Routledge
69. Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement

    Urban Utopias of Modern Japan

    By Zhongjie Lin

    Metabolism, the Japanese architectural avant-garde movement of the 1960s, profoundly influenced contemporary architecture and urbanism. This book focuses on the Metabolists’ utopian concept of the city and investigates the design and political implications of their visionary planning in the postwar...

    Published January 26th 2010 by Routledge
70. Whose Public Space?

    International Case Studies in Urban Design and Development

    Edited by Ali Madanipour

    Public spaces mirror the complexities of urban societies: as historic social bonds have weakened and cities have become collections of individuals public open spaces have also changed from being embedded in the social fabric of the city to being a part of more impersonal and fragmented urban...

    Published December 22nd 2009 by Routledge