Demystifying Informal Urban Design and Planning : Insights from Asia
by
Mahyar Arefi
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1526174766
ISBN-13
9781526174765
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 3rd, 2025
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
518 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.80 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
City & town planning - architectural aspectsHuman geographyUrban & municipal planning
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Borrowing from Isaiah Berlin’s foxes vs hedgehogs and Gregory Treverton’s puzzle vs mystery solving analogies, this book encourages urban designers to be multitaskers like foxes, rather than hedgehogs who can do one thing right. Thinking this way allows them to better engage with and unravel the mysterious nature of informal urban design. -- .
Touting informal settlements or informality in general as illegal, crime-ridden, unsafe, filthy, chaotic, and formal developments as legal, orderly or safe, and so forth has not solved anything and informality as a way of life or an economic reality lingers and grows. Demystifying informal urban design and planning delves deeper into this conundrum and seeks to debunk some common misguided perceptions about it. Borrowing popular philosophical and political analogies from Isaiah Berlin and Gregory Treverton and others, it encourages urban designers and planners to become multitaskers like foxes rather than hedgehogs who can do one thing right. The book ends with some general takeaways on assuming more proactive roles in informal urban design issues and avoiding two potential pitfalls while interacting with them.
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