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2017 PROSE Award Winner: Outstanding Scholarly Work by a Trade PublisherIn the vein of Jane Jacobss The Death and Life of Great American Cities and Edward Glaesers Triumph of the City, Jonathan F. P. Rosea visionary in urban development and renewalchampions the role of cities in addressing the environmental, economic, and social challenges of the twentyfirst century.Cities are birthplaces of civilization; centers of culture, trade, and progress; cauldrons of opportunityand the home of eighty percent of the worlds population by 2050. As the 21st century progresses, metropolitan areas will bear the brunt of global megatrends such as climate change, natural resource depletion, population growth, income inequality, mass migrations, education and health disparities, among many others.In The WellTempered City, Jonathan F. P. Rosethe man who repairs the fabric of citiesdistills a lifetime of interdisciplinary research and firsthand experience into a fivepronged model for how to design and reshape our cities with the goal of equalizing their landscape of opportunity. Drawing from the musical concept of temperament as a way to achieve harmony, Rose argues that welltempered cities can be infused with systems that bend the arc of their development toward equality, resilience, adaptability, wellbeing, and the everunfolding harmony between civilization and nature. These goals may never be fully achieved, but our cities will be richer and happier if we aspire to them, and if we infuse our every plan and constructive step with this intention.A celebration of the city and an impassioned argument for its role in addressing the important issues in these volatile times, The WellTempered City is a reasoned, hopeful blueprint for a thriving metropolisand the future.
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