This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition, Embroidering Identities: A Century of Palestinian Clothing, held at the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, November 11, 2006-March 25, 2007 --T.p. verso
Explores the potential of urban density as a tool for urban planning and design; Revised and extended edition of the 2010 volume, now including 142 examples from five European capitals and Asia; Challenges traditional urban concepts like urbanity, compact city, and park city, redefining them through quantitative density measures; Provides a density database for urban planners, architects, policymakers, and researchers