Small Change: About the Art of Practice and the Limits of Planning in Cities

Hamdi (housing and urban development, Oxford Brookes U.) weaves his own experience and that of others in countries worldwide into a single narrative in an imaginary city in order to demonstrate the continuum of development and offer a framework for process and planning. Rather than plodding through the usual stages, he focuses on the spirit, meaning, entrepreneurship, and artistry of development practice. Distributed in the US by Stylus. Annotation 穢2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)