《History of Western Cities》

Zhuo Min, China Architecture & Building Press

ISBN: 978-7-112-17555-0, December 2014

This book places the development of Western cities in the context of the development of Western society, and provides a comprehensive introduction to the social background, structural patterns, formal characteristics, public buildings, public spaces, and urban theories of Western urban development. The book analyzes the development of Western cities from three perspectives: the development model of urban structure, the development process of urban space, and the development of urban theory. The book is rigorous in content, with equal emphasis on historical facts and commentary, and is an important reading book for the historical research of cities and architecture.