Table of Contents

Part 1: Historical Precedents for The Urban Design Field 1. Upsurge of the Renaissance 2. The Family of Eyes" and "The Mire of the Macadam 3. Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns 4. The Meager and Unimaginative Character of Modern City Plans 5. The Artistic Limitations of Modern City Planning 6. The Garden City Idea and Modern Planning 7. The Neighborhood Unit 8. The Pack-Donkey’s Way and Man’s Way and A Contemporary City Part 2: Normative Theories of Good City 9. Introduction and The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact 10. The Timeless Way 11. Toward an Urban Design Manifesto 12. Dimensions of Performance Part 3: Place Theories in Urban Design 13. Prospects for Places 14. The Phenomenon of Place 15. The Problem of Place in America Part 4: Dimensions of Place-Making 16. The Image of the Environment 17. The City Image and Its Elements 18. Introduction to The Concise Townscape 19. Principles for Regional Design 20. Critical Regionalism: An Architecture of Place 21. Place Memory and Urban Preservation 22. Themes of Postmodern Urbanism 23. The Generic City Part 5: Typology and Morphology in Urban Design 24. Urban Components 25. The Third Typology 26. Getting to Know the Built Landscape: Typomorphology Part 6: Contemporary Challenges and Responses 27. What is Sprawl? 28. Charter of the New Urbanism 29. Density in Communities, or the Most Important Factor in Building Urbanity 30. Compact, Decentralised or What? The Sustainable City Debate Part 7: Elements of the Public Realm 31. Introduction The Life of Plazas and Sitting Space 32. Three Types of Outdoor Activities Life Between Buildings 33. Urban Plazas 34. Neighborhood Space 35. Great Streets and City Planning 36. Getting Around 37. Green Streets 38. Drawing Lessons and Debunking Myths Part 8: Practice and Process 39. A Catholic Approach to Organizing What Urban Designers Should Know 40. Urban Design as a Discipline and as a Profession 41. The Communication Process 42. The Debate on Design Review 43. Design Guidelines in American Cities: Conclusions

Part 1: Historical Precedents for the Urban Design Field Introduction: 'Upsurge of the Renaissance' Edmund Bacon 'The Family of Eyes' and 'The Mire of the Macadam' Marshall Berman 'Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns' Frederick Law Olmsted 'The Meager and Unimaginative Character of Modern City Plans' and 'The Artistic Limitations of Modern City Planning' Camillo Sitte 'The Garden City Idea and Modern Planning' Lewis Mumford 'The Neighborhood Unit' Clarence Perry 'The Pack-Donkey’s Way and Man’s Way' and 'A Contemporary City' Le Corbusier Part 2: Normative Theories of Good City Form Introduction: 'Introduction' and 'The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact' Jane Jacobs 'The Timeless Way' Christopher Alexander 'Toward an Urban Design Manifesto' Allan B. Jacobs and Donald Appleyard 'Dimensions of Performance' Kevin Lynch Part 3: Place Theories in Urban Design Introduction: 'Prospects for Places' Edward Relph 'The Phenomenon of Place' Christian Norberg-Schulz 'The Problem of Place in America' Ray Oldenburg Part 4: Dimensions of Place-Making Introduction: 'The Image of the Environment' and 'The City Image and Its Elements' Kevin Lynch 'Introduction to the Concise Townscape' Gordon Cullen 'Principles for Regional Design' Michael Hough 'Critical Regionalism: An Architecture of Place' Doug Kelbaugh 'Place Memory and Urban Preservation' Dolores Hayden 'Themes of Postmodern Urbanism' Nan Ellin 'The Generic City' Rem Koolhaas Part 5: Typology and Morphology in Urban Design Introduction: 'Urban Components' Leon Krier 'The Third Typology' Anthony Vidler 'Getting to Know the Built Landscape: Typomorphology' Anne Vernez Moudon Part 6: Contemporary Challenges and Responses Introduction: 'What is Sprawl?' Oliver Gillham 'Charter of the New Urbanism', 'Congress for the New Urbanism' and 'Density in Communities, or the Most Important Factor in Building Urbanity' Eduardo Lozano 'Compact, Decentralised or What? The Sustainable City Debate' Hildebrand Frey Part 7: Elements of the Public Realm Introduction: 'Introduction', 'The Life of Plazas' and 'Sitting Space' William H. Whyte 'Three Types of Outdoor Activities' and 'Life Between Buildings' Jan Gehl 'Urban Plazas' Clare Cooper Marcus and Carolyn Francis 'Neighborhood Space' Randolph Hester 'Great Streets and City Planning' Allan B. Jacobs 'Getting Around' David Sucher 'Green Streets' Metro Portland 'Drawing Lessons and Debunking Myths' Robert Cervero Part 8: Practice and Process Introduction: 'A Catholic Approach to Organizing What Urban Designers Should Know' Anne Vernez Moudon 'Urban Design as a Discipline and as a Profession' Jon Lang 'The Communication Process' Matthew Carmona, Tim Heath, Taner Oc and Steven Tiesdell 'The Debate on Design Review' Brenda Case Scheer 'Design Guidelines in American Cities: Conclusions' John Punter