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Generative methods in urban design: a progress assessment, by Michael W. Mehaffy - Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability

Have only skimmed this so far, but worth going over in detail. Mehaffy focuses on Christopher Alexander's 1987 work, A New Theory of Urban Design, which was inspired by Jane Jacobs's 1961 work, The Life and Death of Great American Cities. Some of Alexander's ideas have been incorporated by the New Urbanists, and Mehaffy's article traces their "setbacks and shortcomings, and significant opportunities still remaining."

Tags: urbanism, placemaking, christopher_alexander, jjacobs, urbanplanning on 2008-06-03 -All Annotations (0) -About