Companion to Urban Design

Tridib Banerjee holds the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning and Development. His research focuses on the design and planning of the built environment and the related human and social consequences. In particular, he is interested in the political economy of urban development, and the effects of globalization in the transformation of urban form and urbanism from a comparative international perspective.Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is Professor of Urban Design at the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Urban Planning. Her research focuses on the public environment of the city, its design, social meaning, and impact on urban residents. In particular, her work is characterized by a "user focus" in that she seeks to analyze and understand the built environment from the perspective of those who live and work there.

• Introduction Part 1: Roots Introduction 1. From CIAM to CNU: The Roots and Thinkers of Modern Urban Design 2. The Open and the Enclosed: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Urban Design 3. Pedagogical Traditions Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives Introduction 4. Urban Design: An Incompletely Theorized Project 5. The Two Orders of Cybernetics in Urban Form and Design 6. Urban Design and Spatial Political Economy 7. Critical Urbanism: Space, Design, Revolution Part 3: Influences Introduction 8. Urban Design and the Traditions of Geography 9. Influences of Sociology on Urban Design 10. Influences of Anthropology on Urban Design 11. Feminist Approaches to Urban Design 12. Environmental Psychology and Urban Design 13. The Law of Urban Design 14. Political Theory and Urban Design 15. Interactions between Public Health and Urban Design 16. Urban Design and the Cinematic Arts Part 4: Technologies and Methods Introduction 17. Design Studios 18. Media Tools for Urban Design 19. Visualizing Change: Simulations as a Decision Making Tool 20. City Design in the Age of Digital Ubiquity Part 5: Process Introduction 21. Customs, Norms, Rules, Regulations and Standards in Design Practice 22. Decoding Design Guidance 23. Urban Design Competitions 24. The Design Charrette 25. Citizen Design: Participation and Beyond Part 6: Components Introduction 26. Downtown Urban Design 27. Suburbs: Rus in Urbe, the Picturesque, and Selfhood 28. Planned Communities and New Towns 29. Neighborhood Spaces: Design Innovations and Social Themes 30. Spaces of Consumption 31. Cultural Institutions: The Role of Urban Design 32. Streets and the Public Realm: Emerging Designs 33. Mixed-Life Places 34. Urban Flux Part 7: Debates Introduction 35. Compactness vs. Sprawl 36. Living Together or Apart: Exclusion, Gentrification, and Displacement 37. Place, Identity and the Global City 38. Old vs. New Urbanism 39. Form-Based Codes vs. Conventional Zoning Part 8: Global Trends Introduction 40. City Branding 41. From Metropolitan to Regional Urbanization 42. Ethnoscapes 43. Urban Design for a Planet of Informal Cities Part 9: New Directions Introduction 44. Postmodern and Integral Urbanism 45. Ecological Urbanism 46. Metropolitan Form and Landscape Urbanism 47. Intertwist and Intertwine: Sustainability, Meet Urban Design 48. Smart Growth: A Critical Review of the State of the Art 49. Notes on Transit Oriented Development 50. Placemaking in Urban Design 51. Secure Cities 52. Design for Resilient Cities: Reflections from a Studio. Epilogue

"The Companion to Urban Design provides far more than a single companion with a unitary perspective. Rather, it places the reader at the centre of an entire social network of deeply reflective commentators, each of whom invites us to debate and define the contours of the field. For students, faculty, and practitioners alike this volume pushes out at those boundaries and demonstrates how urban design has become integral to what it means to inhabit city-regions thoughtfully." Lawrence Vale, Ford Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA."This companion with carefully selected original contributions will serve the Built Environment and cognate fields extremely well. The current knowledge and debate in Urban Design is clearly presented making an invaluable as well as very accessible contribution. It will enhance our understanding of the current issues and approaches in Urban Design to make our environments liveable and enjoyable by respecting the needs of different communities and interest groups today as well as the future inhabitants of our planet." Professor Taner OC, Editor of The Journal of Urban Design (Routledge), School of the Built Environment, Nottingham University, UK."As editors of the Companion to Urban Design, Tridib Banerjee and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris have compiled an enormously helpful collection of over 50 original essays to provide a highly readable and representative overview of theoretical frameworks, key issues, and connective discussions across the disciplinary perspectives that shape the field of urban design. Organized into nine parts, the book offers cogently connected essays by thought leaders in many disciplines, including notable authors Christine Boyer, Robert Fishman, Gary Hack, Jerold Kayden, Edward Soja, Anne Whiston Spirn, and many others." Anthony M. Sease, Journal of Regional Science