{"title":"Steve Whitford","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Whitford\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate relationship between natural systems and urban environments, offering insightful perspectives on how cities can be designed in harmony with nature. His works delve into the science and art of network design, drawing connections between ecological principles and urban planning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful blend of scientific analysis and creative thinking in Whitford’s books, which invite reflection on sustainable futures and the complexity of living systems. His writings are ideal for those interested in the intersection of science, nature, and the built world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"designing-networks-cities-by-steve-whitford-9781032546582","title":"Designing Networks Cities","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesigning Networks Cities\u003c\/em\u003e presents a sophisticated, multi-disciplinary, and multi-dimensional approach to urban design. Emerging from years of practice, experimentation, and research by designers (landscape architects, urban planners, urban designers, and architects), this approach engages with contemporary thought across a number of disciplines to re-invent the entrenched blunt instruments of the city-making process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cry for flexible, sharp-instruments in urban design, \u003cem\u003eDesigning Networks Cities\u003c\/em\u003e presents a multi-dimensional way of seeing the essential components of the city (\u003cem\u003eform\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003espace-time\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eorder\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eaesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e). It purposefully links traditional architectural design derivation mechanisms to urban design, in the hope that cities will not only \u003cem\u003ebe pragmatic\u003c\/em\u003e, but also become sophisticated \u003cem\u003eiconographically\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003epoetically\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003esyntactically\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt provides the tools to enable decision-making within a multiplicity of constraints and opportunities: a \u003cem\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/em\u003e of becoming, not being; a \u003cem\u003escience\u003c\/em\u003e of dynamic systems, not stasis; and an \u003cem\u003eart\u003c\/em\u003e of sensations, not subjectivity. And finally, and most importantly, it argues \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e it is important that cities embrace these multiple dimensions of society on a planet that is facing increasing environmental challenges: an \u003cem\u003eeconomics\u003c\/em\u003e focused on equity for all, not for some more than others; a \u003cem\u003epolitics\u003c\/em\u003e supporting a genuine representational democracy, not one representing the overly influential; and a \u003cem\u003eculture\u003c\/em\u003e [including history] that embraces difference, not one that encourages division.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesigning Networks Cities\u003c\/em\u003e not only provides the means to identify these issues and a methodology to deal with them within a complex emerging co-existence, but also demonstrates the development of cities that embrace and respond to the complexities of life in what some are calling the Anthropocene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605587247340,"sku":"9781032546582","price":341.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781032546582-designing-networks-cities.jpg?v=1778133154"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/steve-whitford.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}