Professionals and Urban Form
(June 1984)
Judith R. Blau - Editor Mark E. La Gory - Editor John S. Pipkin - Editor
Professionals and Urban Form departs from the usual way of studying the city to examine the chief professions responsible for designing urban places—planning and architecture. Not often treated together, they are here combined to highlight common problems and lines of convergence between the two.
The architects, planners, and social scientists who contributed to this book concern themselves with the inter...(Read More)
This book pulls together a variety of perspectives on urban form and urban design. It contains invited contributions by well-known architects, economists, geographers, sociologists, and planners, fostering a much-needed dialogue between practitioners and theorists of urban planning. The contributions provide inclusive reviews of the state-of-the-art in various fields, as well as develop original and sometimes controversial new ideas. As a whol...(Read More)
