To start with the author background. Hamid Shirvani is recently a professor and chancellor in Pennsylvania State University. He spent his entire career in the education field and teaching in various locations in USA till he reached the highest level he holds now. Shirvani has served on numerous public and private boards and Commissions, these boards functions are mainly educational function and related to developing the higher education research and systems in the place of his work. He worked in professional development committees and sites. As it is clear from his work CV that he spent most of his career in the theoretical field but not in the professional work environment, it’s obvious also that there is no indication of direct participation in laboratory work in any of the fields of his specialty rather than the university and education environment. This provides the reader of full perspective of the author’s educational background and his relevant work experience as mostly it’s to developing the theory, and making it efficient in application in the real world urban design professional life.

In terms of who are the targeted audience of this book. As he indicates in his preface that urban design is a complex multidisciplinary field that encompasses architecture, landscape, urban planning, civil and transportation engineering, psychology, real estate development, and law. I would like to add to these fields the most important Geography. He admits that covering all these fields in one book is a very hard task and presenting a state of art volume too. The author in his book goes through the urban design process as he claims piece by piece, chopping the process into chapters and discussing the various elements of the process one by one. In order to understand the urban design process this book is a good source of having a full perspective of the overall structure of the field and further can build on it if required. The book can serve a wide range of specialties looking to get an understanding of what is urban design , what type of activities it comprise, and which disciplines are involved in the full process. To be specific, this book can serve more the related fields professionals in the beginning of their career.

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