The first genuine introduction to theories of urbanism and urban planning.

Long regarded as an expert field with very real-life effects, urbanism and urban planning are undergoing a renewal today in response to environmental, political, and socioeconomic upheaval.
These major transformations confirm our cities as a pressing, central issue and accompany the integration of such paradigms as participation and apprenticeship: urbanism and urban planning are in conversation with various disciplines to analyze sites and emerging objects. To better shed light on these trends, this book offers students, researchers, and professionals a survey of the main theories and current debates in urbanism and urban planning.