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Thisbookprovidesasimplebutcomprehensiveframeworkfortheemergingacademicdisciplineofurban design,fromitsoriginsinEuropeandAmerica,tocontemporaryissuesofimagery,financeandmarketingin anageofglobalisationThereiscurrentlynocontemporarytextbookforurbandesignthatincludesageneral historyandtheoryofthesubject.Internationally,urbandesignismoreandmorebecomingacoresubject taughtinarchitectureschools.TheAIA(US)andtheRIBA(UK)bothrequireundergraduatesandgraduates tostudytheurbandimensionofarchitecturaldesign.Onawiderscale,inEurope,theEUisdevelopinga commonarchitecturalcurriculum,whichincludesanurbancomponentforunder-graduates.Thesituationis similarinschoolsacrossAsiaandAustralia.Aimedatbothstudentsandteachers,thisbookprovidesa simpleandaccessibleframework,fromtheoriginsofurbandesignandthemaintechniquesdevelopedto dealwiththedesignoffragmentsofcities,toparticipatoryplanningprocesses,codes,imagery,financeand marketing.Finally,itproposesaninnovativevisionofcontemporarypracticebasedontheworkofleading actorsandprojectsinthefield.Thisbookissettobecomethekeytextbookatundergraduateandgraduate levelsItiswritteninanaccessibleanddirecttone,andhighlyillustratedwithmanycolourandblackand whitediagramsItincludesageneralhistoryandtheoryofurbandesignandprovidesanup-to-dateaccountof contemporaryurbanconditionsPraiseforRecombinantUrbanism:"Documentsamajorintellectual advance…eagerlyawaitedbyacademicsand practitionersallaroundtheworld…shouldbecomeastandard textforschoolsofarchitectureandurbanism."LeonVanSchaik,InnovationProfessorofArchitecture, RMIT,Australia " …bothuniqueandinstrumentallypositive. Thebookistheresultofmanyyearsof researchandwriting,andisasmallmasterpieceinurbanstudies. Ithasalreadyproveditsworthinthe teachingofurbanstudies,atColumbia,theAA,theBartlettSchool,andCooperUnion,tomentiononlya fewoftheuniversitieswhereDrShanehashadapowerfulinfluence...Itis,indeed,oneoftheverybest manuscriptsIhavereadinthefieldinthelastfewyears." AnthonyVidler,ProfessorandDean,IrwinS ChaninSchoolofArchitecture,CooperUnion,NewYork,USA"IcansaywithouthesitationthatIfully endorseGrahame’swork…theissuesitcoversarehighlytopicalandsuchabookwouldindeedbewidely readbyarchitecturestudents,urbandesignersandplanners." ColinFournier,ProfessorofArchitecture &Urbanism,BartlettSchoolofArchitecture,UCL,UK "Ofgreatnecessityforundergraduateand postgraduatestudents,scientistsandprofessionalsinurbanplanninganddesign[This]publicationwill certainlyinspireworkwithcitymodelsinawiderangeofpractice." HenrikWJensen,AssociateProfessor inTownPlanning,AarhusSchoolofArchitecture,TheNetherlands "Averyimportantbook. Shane…has madelegibleandsensiblethereamsofrecenturbandiscourseforageneralcollegereader.Becauseofthis labor-intensiveeffort,thisbookwillbeaccessiblebyundergradarchitectureprogramsaswellasgraduate seminarsinurbandesignandplanning.AdditionallythereisabiginterestinUDandUPtheoryinecology andsocialsciencenow,andbecauseofGrahame’sgenerouswritingstylethebookwillcrossovertothese
otherdisciplines.…Icanalsospeaktotheinternationalinterestinthisbook;…againShanehasmade importanturbantheoriesandthinkingmorewidelyavailabletoaninternationalstudentaudience.…The legacythebookwillhave(willbein)convincingpeoplethatthedesignofcitiesmatters,notinthe overbearingandover-controllingsenseofnewurbanism,butinreinforcingthemultiplepossibilitiesof contemporarylife. BrianMcGrath,AdjunctAssociateProfessorofArchitecture,ColumbiaUniversity,USA
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