The Social Logic of Space

Thebookpresentsanewtheoryofspace:howandwhyitisavitalcomponentofhowsocietieswork.Thetheoryisdevelopedonthebasisofanewwayofdescribingandanalysingthekindsofspatialpatternsproducedbybuildingsandtowns.Themethodsareexplainedsothatanyoneinterestedinhowtownsorbuildingsarestructuredandhowtheyworkcanmakeuseofthem.Thebookalsopresentsanewtheoryofsocietiesandspatialsystems,andwhatitisaboutdifferenttypesofsocietythatleadsthemtoadoptfundamentallydifferentspatialforms.Fromthisgeneraltheory,theoutlineofa'pathologyofmodernurbanism'intoday'ssocialcontextisdeveloped.