Cities of Vision

by Rolf Jensen

Australia & New Zealand Book Co., 1974, [First Edition], ISBN 0855520213, black and white photographic plates, black and white photographic frontispiece, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping, chipping, tears and discolouration, tear to spine of jacket (see photographs)

“This book is concerned with the creation or regeneration of the visionary cities of the future, in which the paramount importance of the visually perceived qualities is reasserted, as in all great periods of history, and is no less important than functional efficiency and the means of catering for growth and change.
It is based on the author’s lengthy professional involvement in city planning over more than a quarter of a century: particularly in Europe, Australia and South East Asia.  The philosophies which it aims to explain have also been greatly influenced by a close study of the realities of contemporary city growth and planning in most of the major countries and urban centres.  Rather than becoming clearer, strategies, objectives and methods involved in the city planning process are if anything – because of the increasing complexities of our urban systems and needs – tending to appear even more intractable.  This phenomenon is in part also due to competing specialisations seeking separate roles in the solution to our guidance of urban futures.”