Order without Design
how markets shape cities
$123.75
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
6 August 2024
Summary
Order Without Design: How Urban Economics Can Shape Better Cities
An argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure.
Urban planning is a craft learned through practice. Planners make rapid decisions that have an immediate impact on the ground—the width of streets, the minimum size of land parcels, the heights of buildings. The language they use to des…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262550970 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262550970 |
| Author: | Alain Bertaud |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 6 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm |
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About The Author
Alain Bertaud
Alain Bertaud is Senior Research Scholar at New York University’s Marron Institute of Urban Management. He has worked as Principal Urban Planner for the World Bank and as an independent consultant and resident urban planner in cities ranging from Bangkok to New York.
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