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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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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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