The form of cities : political economy and urban design

List of Figures List of Tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Theory. Introduction: The Problem. Urban Design: Definitions. Urban Design: 'Theory'. Spatial Political Economy and Urban Design. 2. History. Introduction: What is History?. History and Urban Design. Chronologies. Typologies. Utopias. Fragments. Materialist Theory Overview. 3. Philosophy. Introduction: Implications from Philosophy. Philosophy and Urbanism Paradigms. Philosophy and Urban Design 4. Politics. Introduction: Politics and Ideology. Power: Rights and Laws Law as Ideology. Politics and Urban Planning. The Public Realm. 5. Culture. Introduction: Culture and Urban Design. The Culture of Modernism. Postmodern Culture. Globalisation, Culture, Economy. Authenticity and Symbolic Representation. The New Ruralism/Urbanism. 6. Gender. Introduction: Gender the Missing Component. Gender and Society Gender and Patriarchy. Gender and Capital. Gender and Space. Gender and Urban Design. 7. Environment. Introduction: Nature and the City. Origins and Development. People-Nature. Sustainability and Development. Sustainable Cities. Sustainable Urban Design. 8. Aesthetics. Introduction: Aesthetics - Objects and Experience. The Aesthetics of Urban Form. Mathematics and the Divine Order. Contextualism. Rationalism. Symbolic Capital. Regulation. Theming. 9. Typologies. Introduction: Taxonomy, Typology, Morphology, System. Typologies Derived from Associated Disciplines. Typologies Derived from Traditional Urban Design Perspectives. Implications from Spatial Political Economy. 10. Pragmatics. Introduction: Cultural Capital. Professional Intervention. Professions and Knowledge Systems. Professions and Space. Urban Design Education Postscript. References. Index