Cities' Vocabularies: The influences and formations

This book is the culmination of selected double-peer-reviewed research papers from the International Conference on Cities' Identity through Architecture an Arts (CITAA) of Pisa, Italy, 2019. The book: - explains the importance of a city having a unique identity in order to define its history, shape its present, and plan its future - illustrates how both the architecture of a city and contemporary arts affect the identity of the city; - enriches planners’ and decision-makers’ understanding of how to use cities’ unique features to address current urban problems;