From the days of Pope Sixtus V and Baron von Haussmann to its more contemporary manifestations, urban design has served elite urban groups, often perpetuating urban inequalities and divisions of wealthy/poor, private/public, formal/informal. Indeed, the vast majority of urban design praxis is concentrated in select prime spaces in the city—civic centers, corporate commercial districts, convention […]
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is associate dean of the School of Public Affairs and professor of urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles.