Big Plans The Allure and Folly of Urban Design
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Full Title

Big Plans The Allure and Folly of Urban Design
Author(s)

Kenneth Kolson, Kenneth Kolson
Edition
ISBN

9780801876301, 9780801866791
Publisher

JHUP
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user’s perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.

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