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  • Why Cities Look the Way They Do, by Richard J Williams, Cambridge, UK, Polity, 2019, 224 pp., AUD$33.95 (pb), ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-9181-7 (Book review)

    Author(s)
    Burton, Paul
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Burton, Paul A.
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    Now that most of us live in cities our attention turns increasingly to how different these places are around the world and why this might be so. Are there underlying processes at work that influence or even determine the ways in which cities grow? To what extent are particular cities dependent on paths or foundations laid down centuries ago? To what extent can planners (using the term loosely) shape the way cities grow, how they look and how we experience them? Many have attempted to answer these questions, with varying degrees of success, and from a variety of perspectivesNow that most of us live in cities our attention turns increasingly to how different these places are around the world and why this might be so. Are there underlying processes at work that influence or even determine the ways in which cities grow? To what extent are particular cities dependent on paths or foundations laid down centuries ago? To what extent can planners (using the term loosely) shape the way cities grow, how they look and how we experience them? Many have attempted to answer these questions, with varying degrees of success, and from a variety of perspectives
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    Journal Title
    Urban Policy and Research
    Volume
    38
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2020.1735114
    Subject
    Urban and regional planning
    Human geography
    Policy and administration
    Science & Technology
    Social Sciences
    Life Sciences & Biomedicine
    Environmental Studies
    Geography
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/395578
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