What Cities Say

A Social Interpretation of Urban Patterns and Forms

Emily Talen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2024
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-764777-6 (ISBN)

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Cities come in all shapes and sizes, with different patterns and forms. Streets might be strictly gridded or curvilinear. Buildings might be tightly packed or spread out. Patterns and forms might reflect the highest aspirations, or they might simply be responses to mundane, utilitarian needs. So what do cities "say" about a society? What do patterns and forms reveal about social priorities and cultural preferences, or about who has power and who does not?

In What Cities Say, Emily Talen provides a wide-ranging yet concise synthesis of the fundamental drivers of built form, its social and cultural meaning, and how we should interpret it. Including thirty-five distinct city patterns and forms, Talen develops a language of interpretation to understand the motive and meaning behind the city and its elements. Talen argues that meaning is often implicit, and even if it's more explicit, it is woven in haphazardly through city planning texts in often contradictory ways. To cut through the noise and ambiguity, she focuses on the persistent themes that inhere in built pattern and form, whether for complete cities or individual places. She makes ample use of digital resources to render these interpretations in explicit terms. By exposing these meanings, Talen asserts that we will be in a stronger position to articulate, and argue for, the kinds of cities we want. Richly illustrated and tightly presented, What Cities Say is essential reading for anyone interested in the values and ideas that serve as the foundation of how we construct our cities.

Emily Talen is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Chicago, where she teaches urban design and directs the Urbanism Lab. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Talen has written extensively on the topics of urban design, New Urbanism, and social equity. Her books include New Urbanism and American Planning; Design for Diversity; Urban Design Reclaimed; City Rules; and Neighborhood.

Introduction

Greek Polis

Medieval Towns

Small Cities

Big Cities

Linear Cities

New Towns and Colonial Outposts

Industrial Villages and Company Towns

Garden Cities

Urban Suburbs

Planned Suburbs

Garden Suburbs

Modernist Urbanism

New Urbanism

Neighborhoods

Districts

The Baroque

Monumentalism

Urban Renewal

Uniformity

Variation

Sprawl

Grids

Wide Streets

Street Hierarchy

Curved and Irregular Streets

Boulevards and Avenues

Radials, Rings, and Diagonals

Superblocks

Plazas and Squares

Centers

Government

Towers in a Park

Buildings and Settings

Enclosure

Boundaries

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.07.2024
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	179 x 253 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-764777-4 / 0197647774
ISBN-13	978-0-19-764777-6 / 9780197647776
Zustand	Neuware