DesignofUrbanSpaceAn Inquiryintoa Socio-spatialProcessAliMadanipourUniversityofNewcastle,Newcastle uponTyne,UKJOHN WILEY & SONSChichester NewYorkBrisbane Toronto SingaporeContentsIntroductionPART ONEChapter 1IXPERSPECTIVES INTO URBAN SPACEUnderstanding Urban SpaceDilemmas of spaceAbsolute andrelationalspaceSpace andmassPhysical andsocial spaceMental and real spaceAbstract and differentialspaceSpace andtimeSpace andplaceSpace andspecializationConclusion44710121620232628Chapter 2Structural Frameworks of Urban SpaceSocio-spatial geometries of urbanspaceNaturalspaceCreatedspaceUrban form andhistoricalprocessesThe city as a work of artThe city as an embodimentoffunctionsEcology of urbanstructureThe internal structure of the cityUrbanmorphologyPolitical economy of urbanstructureConclusion313135383943454849535660Chapter 3People in the CityEnvironmentalcognitionA behavioural approach to spaceMapping urbanimages63636566vi ContentsMeaning and urbansemiotics69Perspective of everyday life73Order anddifferencein urban space75City of strangers78Fear andcrime in urban space80Women in urban space83Conclusion87PART TWOTHE MAKING OF URBAN SPACEChapter 4Urban Design Process91What is urban design?91Ambiguities of urban design92Macro- or micro-scale urbandesign?94Urban design as visual or spatial management?97Urban design as nice images97Urban design as the aesthetics of the urban environment99Urban design as social or spatial management?102Process or product?104Professionaldivide107A public or private sector activity?109Objective-rationalor subjective-irrational?110Urban design as a technical process113Urban design as a social process113Urban design as a creative process115Conclusion117Chapter 5Production of the Built Environment119Urban design and the development process119Models of the development process122Supply-demandmodels123Equilibrium models123Event-sequence models124Agency models126Political economy models127Capital-labourmodels127Structure-agency models128Use value and exchange value130Structures and agencies132Urban development process and urban form135A model of the development process136Impact of change in the development process on urban space137Commodificationof space and standardizationof design137Globalization of the developmentindustry141Privatization of public space144What is public space?146Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8BibliographyIndexPublic sphere theoriesPublic space in a shopping mall?ConclusionRegulating Urban FormThe state, the market andspace productionPlanning anddesignDesign controlDesign control or aesthetic control?Does aestheticsmatter?Aesthetic judgement: subjective orobjective?Who sets the aestheticstandards?Good urbanformPlanning documents anddesignGovernmentadviceDevelopmentplansDesign guidesDesign briefsOther experiences of designcontrolConclusionImages ofPerfectionUtopiaUrbancontextUrbanism of the metropolitanparadigmModernist urbandesignPost-modernurbanismAnti-urbanparadigmSuburbanismPlannedanti-urbanismSocialistanti-urbanismBroadacre CityMicro-urbanismof the small townparadigmGarden citiesNeighbourhoodunitRadburnPlanneddecentralizationofLondonBritish newtownsNewUrbanismConclusionDesign of Urban SpaceContents vii148150153155155158160161163165167169171172172174175177181183185186188188192196197200200201201202204205206206209213215223237