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The Art of City Making
Charles Landry
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Description for The Art of City Making
Paperback. City-making is an art, not a formula. The skills required to re-enchant the city are far wider than the conventional ones like architecture, engineering and land-use planning. This book explains how to reassess urban potential so that cities can strengthen their identity and adapt to the changing global terms of trade and mass migration. Num Pages: 496 pages, Colour photographs, figures, boxes, index. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
City-making is an art, not a formula. The skills required to re-enchant the city are far wider than the conventional ones like architecture, engineering and land-use planning. There is no simplistic, ten-point plan, but strong principles can help send good city-making on its way. The vision for 21st century cities must be to be the most imaginative cities for the world rather than in the world. This one change of word - from 'in' to 'for' - gives city-making an ethical foundation and value base. It helps cities become places of solidarity where the relations between the individual, the group, ... Read more
City-making is an art, not a formula. The skills required to re-enchant the city are far wider than the conventional ones like architecture, engineering and land-use planning. There is no simplistic, ten-point plan, but strong principles can help send good city-making on its way. The vision for 21st century cities must be to be the most imaginative cities for the world rather than in the world. This one change of word - from 'in' to 'for' - gives city-making an ethical foundation and value base. It helps cities become places of solidarity where the relations between the individual, the group, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
597g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844072453
SKU
V9781844072453
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Ref
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About Charles Landry
Charles Landry is founding director of COMEDIA, a cultural planning consultancy. Author of the highly influential The Creative City (Earthscan, 2000), he is an international authority on city futures and the use of culture in city revitalization.
Reviews for The Art of City Making
'This truly inspirational tour de force takes readers on a tremendous global journey of discovery to put the art back into city-making. All those involved in the future of cities should read this monumental work - your imagination will be freed. Practical guidance combined with visionary insights and challenges weave through every chapter ...' Clive Harridge, President, Royal Town ... Read more