num_pages: 256
description: Big The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.
language: English
title: Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design
titlecomplete: Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design (Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design)
genres: Cities
ratings_count: 7
series: Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design
publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press