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Urban Design Ecologies
Brian McGrath (Ed.)
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Description for Urban Design Ecologies
Hardcover. Urban Design Ecologies Reader gives architects and urban planners critical tools to understand urban design today. Featuring essays by leaders in the field, the book combines an historical perspective with forward-looking material on the global challenges of rapid urbanization and climate change. Editor(s): McGrath, Brian. Series: AD Reader. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 175 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1030.
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The discipline of urban design is undergoing a rapid expansion and realignment. It is experiencing a shift from a profession dominated by architects and planners, directed at urban development, to a more expansive set of practices engaging new forms of social and environmental ecologies, as cities worldwide adapt to economic restructuring, mass migrations and climate change. Bringing together classic and...
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
AD Reader
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470974063
SKU
V9780470974063
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Brian McGrath (Ed.)
Brian McGrath is an Associate Professor of Urban Design at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. He taught at Columbia University in the Urban Design Studios for 15 years in a programme that grew 500% in student population between 1991 and 2005. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Thailand in 1998/99. He is currently a co-investigator...
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