The New Companion to Urban Design

The New Companion to Urban Design is a sequel to the Companion to Urban Design (Routledge, 2011), offering a more comparative perspective from the Global South. It explores different variants of urbanism, discusses challenges, and highlights normative goals for urban design interventions. The book is intended for scholars and graduate students interested in cities and their built environment.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 714 pages
Publication date: 21 January 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The New Companion to Urban Design, a continuation of the groundbreaking Companion to Urban Design (Routledge, 2011), presents a comprehensive and critical exploration of urban form and design. This sequel, featuring chapters from a diverse range of contributors, offers a more comparative perspective, capturing multiple voices and perspectives from the Global South.

The essays in this volume are organized into three parts:

Part I: Comparative Urbanism delves into the diverse manifestations of urbanism across the Global North and the Global South, shaped by the new economic order characterized by the mobility of labor, capital, information, and technology.

Part II: Challenges explores the contemporary challenges faced by cities in the Global North and the Global South, examining the potential role of urban design in addressing these issues. This part addresses spatial claims and conflicts, the challenges of urban informality, rapid growth or shrinkage of urban settlements, gentrification and displacement, as well as mimesis, simulacra, and the lack of authenticity.

Part III: Aspirations examines the normative goals that urban design interventions aim to achieve in cities across the Global North and the Global South. These goals encompass resilience and sustainability, health, conservation/restoration, justice, intelligence, access and mobility, as well as arts and culture.

The New Companion to Urban Design is primarily designed for scholars and graduate students interested in cities and their built environment. It serves as an invaluable and up-to-date guide to current thinking in this field, providing a comprehensive overview of the latest research, theories, and practices.

By presenting a diverse range of perspectives and themes, this companion contributes to a deeper understanding of urban design and its role in shaping the future of cities around the world.

Weight: 1320g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032475523