What role can architects play in shaping more resilient, equitable and adaptable cities at a time of accelerating change? The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Practice explores this question through a global collection of perspectives on the practice of urban design.

Co-edited by University of Utah faculty member Molly O’Neill Robinson alongside Michael Larice, Allen Penniman and Amanda Haycox, the book examines how urban design is responding to the growing urgency of major challenges facing practice today, such as climate change, public health, housing pressures, and social and ecological justice. 

Interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing are major themes of the book and position urban design as a shared practice connecting architecture, landscape architecture, planning, policy and community engagement in pursuit of collective action.

The handbook also reflects a strong Utah presence, with multiple Utah-based practitioners and academics contributing chapters and perspectives drawn from work across the region. Their contributions reinforce the book’s emphasis on practice-based knowledge, implementation and the role of design in shaping communities that are more livable, context-sensitive and resilient.

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