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)
Year published
2020
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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
Subject
Urban and regional planning
Human geography
Policy and administration
Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Environmental Studies
Geography