With over 100 illustrations and diverse international examples, experts in urban design discuss the theory and practice surrounding under- and undesigned urban spaces.

Chapter 1 Tying Down Loose Space, Karen A. Franck, Quentin Stevens; Part 1 Appropriation; Chapter 2 Found Spaces, Leanne G. Rivlin; Chapter 3 Open-Ended Space, Nisha A. Fernando; Chapter 4 Betwixt and Between, Quentin Stevens; Part 2 Tension; Chapter 5 Urban Appropriation and Loose Spaces in the Guadalajara Cityscape, Bernardo Jiménez-Domínguez; Chapter 6 Urban Slippage, Kim Dovey, Kasama Polakit; Chapter 7 Transforming Public Space into Sites of Mourning and Free Expression, Karen A. Franck, Lynn Paxson; Chapter 8 Central Park, the Aesthetics of Order and the Appearance of Looseness, Julia Nevárez; Part 3 Resistance; Chapter 9 Heterotopias and the Experience of Porous Urban Space, Stavros Stavrides; Chapter 10 Stalker on Location, Peter T. Lang; Chapter 11 Dead Zones, Outdoor Rooms and the Architecture of Transgression, Gil M. Doron; Part 4 Discovery; Chapter 12 Social Practices, Sensual Excess and Aesthetic Transgression in Industrial Ruins, Tim Edensor; Chapter 13 Unruly and Robust, Lynda H. Schneekloth; Chapter 14 Patterns of the Unplanned, Philipp Oswalt, Misselwitz Philipp, Klaus Overmeyer;