Jeff Cody is senior project specialist at the GCI. He has a Ph.D. in the history of architecture and urban planning from Cornell University and has published widely; his books include 'Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000' (Routledge, 2003). Franceso Siravo is an eminent Italian architect specialising in historic preservation and town planning. Since 1991 he has worked for the Historic Cities Programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, a foundation promoting urban conservation in the Islamic world.
An extraordinarily useful collection of essays on urban history and morphology that provides insights into the complexity of the ongoing discourse on the interpretation, evaluation, protection, and augmentation of historic settlements throughout the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the present and future of our urban environments. --William Chapman, Dean, School of Architecture, the University of Hawai'i at Manoa