CONTENTS
List of Figures ix
List of Contributors xvii
Acknowledgements xxv
1 Investigating urban design Matthew Carmona 1
PARTI PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES
Using theory and critique to understand urban design processes and outcomes and the rationale, 2.purpose and nature of urban design
The role of risk in urban design 15
Iain Borden
3.Deconstructing and recalibrating urban design in the global south 25
Camillo Boano, Melissa Garcia Lamarca and Andrew Wade
4.The politics of space production: the case of Macau, China 35
Paula Mora is
5.Urban design in the realm of urban studies 47
Pushpa Arabindoo
6.Place-temporality and rhythmicity: a new aesthetic and methodological foundation for urban design
theory and practice 59
Filipa Wunderlich
PART II PROCESS INVESTIGATIONS
Focusing on the normative and 'potential' systems, tools, procedures and networks that shape the outcomes of urban design
7.Mixing methods / theorising urban design process 77
Matthew Carmona
8.Link and Place - bridging stakeholder divides 89
Peter Jones
9.Actor-network theory coevolution framework for urban design 101
Tse-Hui Teh
10.Unlocking policy documents: policy analysis in urban design 111
Antoine Zammit
11.Smart cities, social networks and the Internet of Things 123
Andrew Hudson-Smith
12.Environmental masterplanning: defining an integrated approach 135
Aurore Julien, Ian Hamilton and Ben Croxford
PART III PHYSICAL EXPLORATIONS
Through a range of analytical studies in which the form and configuration of space is examined as the physical 'product'of urban design and the container for use and flows of resource
13.Urbiculturalism, understanding the patterns of place 147
Terry Farrell
14.Space syntax as interdisciplinary urban design pedagogy 157
Sam Griffiths
15.Thinking systems in urban design: a prioritised structure model Kinda Al-Sayed 169
16.Explorations in generative street layouts 181
Stephen Marshall and Mark Sutton
17.The relationship between density, built form and design 193
Graciela Moreno and Philip Steadman
PART IV PROPOSITIONAL EXPERIMENTS
Studio-based research and pedagogical investigation using design process and creative speculations to reveal responses to defined urban problems and problematics
18.London short stories 209
CJ Lim
19.The siting of writing and the writing of sites 219
Jane Rendell
20.Design as research and research as design: mega-plans and mega-projects in Karbala and Hong Kong 231
Matthew Carmona
21.Crafting a methodology for urban design in development: between research, pedagogy and practice 249
William Hunter and Anna Schulenburg
22.An evidence-based approach to designing new cities: the English New Towns revisited 261
Kayvan Karimi and Laura Vaughan
PART V PERFORMANCE ENQUIRIES
Examining through direct and indirect anthropological investigation, stakeholder enquiry, and historical study, how places perform through use and time
23.Public space as lived 277
Quentin Stevens
24.Historical exploration/explanation in urban design 287
Michael Hebbert
25.The problem of scale Adrian Lahoud 299
26.Urban design as a tool in urban conservation, and urban conservation as a tool in urban design research Elisabete Cidre 311
27.Does urban design add value? Matthew Carmona 319
28.A personal postscript Matthew Carmona 331
Bibliography 335
Index 361