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Author:   David Rudlin ,  Shruti Hemani
Publisher:   RIBA Publishing
Imprint:   RIBA Publishing
Weight:   1.334kg
ISBN:  

9781859467633

ISBN 10:   1859467636
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 June 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: The Spontaneous City Chapter 1: Cities Without Plans Chapter 2 - The Natural Town Chapter 3 - The Spontaneous Slum Part 2: The Designed City Chapter 4 - The Subtle Art of Masterplanning Chapter 5 - In Search of Nowhere Chapter 6 - Cities from Scratch Chapter 7 - Room to Expand Chapter 8 - Boulevards and Dictators Part 3: The Unruly City Chapter 9 - The Astounding Sprawling City Chapter 10 - The Incredible Shrinking City Chapter 11 - The Terrifying Exploding City Part 4: The City and the Planner Chapter 12 - The Imposition of Order Chapter 13 - Blue Sky Modernists Chapter 15 - With the Best of Intentions Chapter 16 - Shaping the Climax City

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David Rudlin is a planner and currently director of URBED, Chair of the Academy of Urbanism and Honorary Professor at Manchester University. In 2014 he was the winner of the Wolfson Economics Prize. He is also a practitioners who in the early part of his career worked on the redevelopment of the Hulme neighbourhood in Manchester. He has worked at URBED for nearly thirty years and been responsible for many high profile masterplans and research reports. Shruti Hemani is an architect and urban designer with 10 years’ experience. Her work focuses on planning, design and research in the area of sustainable cities and social sustainability. Shruti worked at URBED for five years before returning to India to do a PHD on “The Influence of Urban Forms on Social Sustainability” from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Shruti is currently a professor based in Jaipur and since 2012.

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