The Art of City-Making

by Charles Landry

Book Overview

City-making is an art, not a formula. The skills required to re-enchant the city are far wider than the conventional ones like architecture, engineering and land-use planning. There is no simplistic,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844072452
• ISBN13: 9781844072453
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

On how to become a better city

If you are looking for a check list or the do's and don'ts on how to become a better city, this book is not for you. In a way Landry is more of an urban psychiatrist who's challenging cities and their inhabitants to make up their own minds on how to become a better urban society. The book is chock full of examples, stories and insights on the matter (hence the size) which a well informed Landry uses to picture the bigger and positive image without being pushy about anything, although the 'being creative' gets a bit repeative after a while. All in all the book is an easy to read and feel good story about cities that want or should want to be a good city.