Why Cities Look the Way They Do

by Richard J. Williams

Book Overview

We tend to think cities look the way they do because of the conscious work of architects, planners and builders. But what if the look of cities had less to do with design, and more to do with social, cultural, financial and political processes, and the way ordinary citizens interact with them? What if the city is a process as much as a design? Richard J. Williams takes the moment construction is finished as a beginning, tracing the myriad processes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745691811
• ISBN13: 9780745691817
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"