City-making is an art, not a formula. The skills required to re-enchant the city are far wider than the conventional ones like architecture, engineering and land-use planning. This book explains how to reassess urban potential so that cities can strengthen their identity and adapt to the changing global terms of trade and mass migration.

Part I: Overture * Cityness is Everywhere * Part II: The Sensory Landscape of Cities * Sensescapes Part III: Unhinged and Unbalanced * The City as a Guzzling Beast * Urban Logistics * The Geography of Misery * The Geography of Desire * The Geography of Blandness * Part IV: Repertoires and Resistance * Urban Repertoires * Urban Resonance * Borrowing the Landscape * Urban Rituals * A Coda: Urban Resistances * Part V: The Complicated and the Complex * The Forces of Change: Unscrambling Complexity * Aligning Professional Mindsets * Opening Mindsets and the Professions * Blindspots in City-Making * Part VI: The City as a Living Work of Art * Re-enchanting the city * Rethinking calculations of worth: The asphalt currency * Reconceiving the city * Remapping the city * Redelineating urban roles * Retelling the story * Part VII: Creative Cities for the World * Ethics and creativity * The Management of Fragility: Creativity and the City * Ten ideas to start the creative city process * Part VIII: Endpiece * 'Why I Think What I Think' *

'This truly inspirational tour de force takes readers on a tremendous global journey of discovery to put the art back into city-making. All those involved in the future of cities should read this monumental work - your imagination will be freed. Practical guidance combined with visionary insights and challenges weave through every chapter ...' Clive Harridge, President, Royal Town Planning Institute, UK 'Charles Landry has been a long term contributor to 'the art of city-making'. In his new book he provides a clear insight into this lost art and the way forward as our cities must become attractive, sustainable and financially viable living environments.' Professor Rob Adams, Director, Design & Culture, City of Melbourne, Australia 'This book has power and art to evolve Asian and Japanese cities creatively, and it is a bible for people interested in the future of a city.' Dr Masayuki Sasaki, Dean, Professor of Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University, Japan 'City-making is a difficult art, and Charles Landry has captured its essence. His world view is valuable to people everywhere who care about cities. All of his books sit highlighted and dog-eared near my desk, and this one will be no exception.' Carol Coletta, President, CEOs for Cities, USA, and host and producer of the Smart City radio programme