The New Companion to Urban Design continues the assemblage of critical ideas about urban form and design that began with the Companion to Urban Design. With contributions from a new set of contributors this sequel offers a more comparative perspective representing multiple voices and perspectives from the Global South.

List of contributors; INTRODUCTION: challenges and aspirations of urban design; PART I: COMPARATIVE URBANISM; Part I.I Arguments and observations; 1: Comparative urbanism: design in translation; 2: Fishbowl city: postcolonial Los Angeles and the philosophy of the urban; Part I.II Regional experiences; 3: Globalization, resiliency, and change: Latin American urban design in the 21st century; 4: Spatial justice and urban design: the case of Southern African settlements; 5: The fading pulse of place: Eastern Mediterranean cities in the neoliberal era; 6: Un-cities: the urbanism of rapidly growing cities in the Gulf region.PART II: CHALLENGES; Part II.I Claims and conflicts; 7: Immigrants, mosques, and religious pluralism: challenges for urban design and planning; 8: Claiming ordinary space in the cosmopolitan grid: the case of Singapore; 9: Designing for difference in Barcelona’s el Raval; Part II.II Informality; 10: Informal settlement as a mode of production; 11: The new geographies and spatialities of informality; 12: Urban informality and the city at night; 13: Urban design and informal urbanism: case studies from Delhi and Mumbai; 14: The everyday exceptionalism of temporary settlements: the role of urban design response; Part II.III Explosive growth versus shrinkage; 15: The insurmountable opportunities of explosive growth: urban design in China; 16: Urban space design for hybrid and high-density environments; 17: Shrinking cities, shrinking world: urban design for an emerging era of global population decline; 18: From abandonment to urban qualities? Urban design strategies for shrinking cities in Germany and the US; 19: Designing the shrinking city; Part II.IV Large-scale development; 20: The design of large-scale redevelopment projects; 21: From town hall to town plan: the case of Byblos, Lebanon; Part II.V Gentrification and displacement 22: Inner-ring suburban retrofit and neighborhood change in the post-suburban era; 23: Unsmart outcomes of the smart city initiatives: displacement and peripheralization in Indian cities; Part II.VI Mimesis and simulacra; 24: Between simulation and authenticity: the question of urban remaking; 25: Glocalizing themed spaces: the creation of urban spaces in China, Asia, and other regions; 26: Travels in duplitecture; 27: Improvised urbanism in the design of India’s unauthorized colonies.PART III: ASPIRATIONS; Part III.I Resilience and sustainability; 28: Pursuing resilient urban design: equitably merging green and gray strategies; 29: Reducing vulnerabilities through urban design: interventions for resilience in communities at risk; 30: Planning the risk city: emerging practices; 31: The potential of SITES for urban design; Part III.II Health; 32: Refocusing planning and design to maximize public health benefits; 33: A new health urbanism; 34: Complete and healthy streets; Part III.III Conservation/restoration; 35: Broadening heritage conservation through urban design: perspectives from Asia; 36: Heart of Shenzhen: the movement to preserve “Ancient” Hubei village; 37: Planning modernity in Kabul: urban design as developmental politics; Part III.IV Justice 38: Justice and urban design; 39: Toward transformative urban and spatial change: views from Jakarta; Part III.V Intelligence; 40: Tarzan vs. IBM: value paradigms of urban technologies; 41: Smart citizens, participatory urbanism, and the future of city design; 42: Designing the cities within emerging geographies: the work of Senseable City Lab; 43: Intelligence for place-making and social inclusion: critiques and alternatives to India’s Smart Cities Mission; Part III.VI Mobility and access; 44: Accessibility-oriented urban design; 45: Mobility, accessibility, and urban form; 46: Modernism, pedestrians, and public space: a century of North American street design; 47: Aerial mobility, transport infrastructure, and urban design in Asian cities; Part III.VII Arts and Culture 48: Designing the inclusive city: urban cultures, street arts, and public life; 49: Painting insurgent artscapes; 50: Urban design and public art on Instagram.Epilogue; Index.