TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Peter F. TI - The dynamics of urbanism SN - 0091197805 AV - NA9050 S65 2010 U1 - 720/.1 PY - 2007///, PY - 1974/// CY - London : PB - Routledge KW - City planning KW - Local KW - Architecture KW - Psychological aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; THE DYNAMICS OF URBANISM; Title Page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Towns and Cities for Real People; Part One The Complexities of Perception; 2 Formation of an Urban Schema; 3 The Memory System; 4 Subliminal Perception; 5 From Learning to Unlearning; 6 Symbolism; 7 Archetypal Symbols in the Urban Context; 8 Relational Perception and Value Systems; 9 Down with the System; 10 Value Systems in the Urban Context; Part Two Policy; 11 Design Motivation; 12 City as Organism; 13 A Case for Challenge; 14 The Dynamic Agenda; 15 The Passive Agenda. 16 Limbic Values17 The Symbolic Agenda; 18 The Dialectics of Urbanism; 19 Towards a Theory of Aesthetics; Part Three Mental Strategies in Urban Design; 20 Current Design Methods; 21 Towards a Strategy; 22 The Nature of Innovation; 23 A Design Methodology; 24 The Final Straight; Index N2 - Presents some of the most important works in urban studies ER -