Urban Transformations
Urban Transformations: Power, People and Urban Design
English | August 3, 1999 | ISBN: 0415128234, 0415128242 | 296Pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | August 3, 1999 | ISBN: 0415128234, 0415128242 | 296Pages | PDF | 6 MB
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.