Grand urban rules

‘Grand Urban Rules’ offers a compilation and discussion of significant urban rules that have been invented and implemented by European, North American, and Asian cities. Not only does the reader get an overview of the functionality and repercussions of these rule sets, but also gains insight into the context and situation of specific cities through the lens of rule-based governance. Based on a database of approximately 100 relevant urban rules that have been created and researched at the ETH in Zurich, these rules describe built form with regard to physical characteristics, qualities and consequences as well as the distribution of program, density, urban performance and aesthetics