World Cities and Urban Form: fragmented, polycentric, sustainable?

JENKS, MIKE; KOZAK, DANIEL; TAKKANON, PATTARANAN

Routledge

Lugar: Londres, New York; Año: 2008 p. 373

978-0-415-45184-0

How can the world´s major cities and their urban regions be made more sustainable? Is the planning and design of urban form a possible solution? The book brings together theory and practice in the current debate about polycentric development at the urban regional and city scale. At the regional scale, new research and theory shows the forms metropolitan regions might take to enhance sustainability. At the city scale, case studies based on the latest research and practice from Europe, Asia and North America, show how both planning and flagship design can propel cities into world class status, and also improve sustainability. "World Cities and Urban Form" explores the tension between polycentric development and urban fragmentation, not just physically, but also in a wider cultural, social and economic context. Drawing on examples of cities that for one reason or another have entered the world´s consciousness, the book presents new information and ideas that may resonate widely across the sector, and that will help to guide the world´s major cities towards more sustainable urban forms.