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Whilst recognising that distinctly different traditions exist within the study and practice of urban design, this book advances an interdisciplinary and innovative approach, which is of direct importance to understanding the urban forms, conditions, practices and processes. It enthuses and inspires users who are grappling with urban design research problems, but who need inspiration to move from idea to methodological approach. Through the work of 32 urban researchers from the arts, sciences and social sciences, it demonstrates a wide range of problems and approaches and shows how the diverse range of complementary approaches can come together to provide a holistic understanding to the design of cities. While each of the contributors presents a particular approach to researching the field, sometimes focusing centrally on particular research methodologies, others cutting across methods, or focusing on theory, all include discussion of actual research projects to illustrate their application to 'real world' problems. This book will be valuable to everyone from the informed undergraduate student about to embark on their first dissertation, to PhD students and seasoned researchers immersed in methodological and conceptual complexity and wishing to compare available and appropriate methodological paths.

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'This book explores a very wide range of recent research into urban design emanating from the diverse and prestigious Bartlett School at UCL. Edited by Matthew Carmona, who provides a mainstream perspective on divergent approaches, this book will encourage graduate students in urban design everywhere to explore simultaneously new research perspectives and techniques.'John Punter, Cardiff University, UK

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Matthew Carmona is Professor of Planning and Urban Design at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. He has previously lectured at the University of Nottingham and before that worked as a researcher at Strathclyde and Reading Universities and as an architect in practice. Matthew Carmona, Iain Borden, Camillo Boano, Melissa Garcia Lamarca, Andrew Wade, Paula Morais, Pushpa Arabindoo, Filipa Wunderlich, Peter Jones, Tse-Hui Teh, Antoine Zammit, Andrew Hudson-Smith, Aurore Julien, Ian Hamilton, Ben Croxford, Terry Farrell, Sam Griffiths, Kinda Al-Sayed, Stephen Marshall, Mark Sutton, Graciela Moreno, Philip Steadman, CJ Lim, Jane Rendell, William Hunter, Anna Schulenburg, Kayvan Karimi, Laura Vaughan, Quentin Stevens, Michael Hebbert, Adrian Lahoud, Elisabete Cidre

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