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The Wisdom of Cities

Wisdom of Cities Architecture, Place, Community,
Neighborhood, Identity,
Planning and Values

Edited By

Henry L. Lennard
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard

Based on selections from the
International Making Cities Livable Publications

242 pages

ISBN: 0-935824-10-3 (paper)

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"LIVABLE CITIES holds a magnifying glass to some of the world's best cities, revealing in brilliant images why they are the best and how they work for people. The authors discuss all the critical details that can make better cities everywhere. The book should be on the desk of every architect and planner."

Benjamin Thompson, FAIA

 

Your PUBLIC LIFE IN URBAN PLACES is just the kind of book I have been impatiently waiting for: concise, penetrating, stimulating, and revealing... enriching public life and well-being in both European and American cities.

Lewis Mumford

Table of Contents:

Introduction – The Editors

The Nature of Cities

  • The Nature of Cities – Johannes Voggenhuber
  • The Urban Environment – H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
  • A New Vision of the “City of Man” – Benjamin Thompson
  • Seven Aims for the Livable City – Edoardo Salzano
  • The City as a Work of Art – Wolfdietrich Elbert
  • The Qualities of a True City – Edoardo Salzano

Architecture and the Livable City

  • Our Design Behavior – Wolf Von Eckardt
  • Architecture and the Livable City – Wolf Von Eckardt
  • Urban Regeneration – H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
  • The War Against the Street – William H. Whyte

Identity and the Built Environment

  • Shaping Identity – Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard & Henry L. Lennard
  • The DNA of the City – Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard

The Public Realm

  • Functions of Public Life – Henry L. Lennard
  • The Public Realm – Henry L Lennard
  • Fear of the Public Realm – William H. Whyte

Urban Space

  • The Disappearance of Public Space – Andreas Feldtkeller
  • Cities and Squares – G.E. Kidder Smith
  • The European Square – Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Henry L. Lennard
  • The Venetian campo – Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard

Neighborhoods

  • Ten Guidelines for New Urban Neighborhoods – Sven Von Ungern-Sternberg
  • The Freiburg Statement on New Urban Neighborhoods – IMCL Board

The Endangered City

  • The Endangered City – Bob Cools
  • Averting a Tourism Disaster – Mayor Antonio Casellati
  • Controlling Mass Tourism – Dietmar Hahlweg
  • Effects of Tourism – Henry L Lennard
  • Transforming Mass Tourism – Wolfdietrich Elbert
  • Balanced Transportation Policy
  • Philosophy and Mechanisms of Traffic Calming – Hartmut H. Topp

Public Art

  • The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington – Wolf Von Eckardt
  • The Nature of Public Art – Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard

Principles and Values for the Good City

  • Principles for the Livable City – Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
  • Values for the Good City – Henry L. Lennard
  • Values for the Just City – Don Robert Johnson

Contributors
Footnotes