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Demystifying informal urban design and planning : insights from Asia /

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 unrav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arefi, Mahyar (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
City planning > Social aspects > Asia.
City planning > Philosophy.
City planning > Asia.
Urbanisme > Aspect social > Asie.
Urbanisme > Philosophie.
Urbanisme > Asie.
City planning > Social aspects
City planning > Philosophy
City planning
Asia
Electronic books.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (some color), maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526174772 (electronic bk.)
1526174774
1526174758
9781526174758