Urban Evolutionary trends.

Wright 1 Urban Evolutionary Trends: In chapter three of "The City in History", Lewis Mumford critiques those tenants of urban history that cleave to positivist views of urban city development, and alternatively, he hypothesizes a set of tools that can further the understanding of ancient urban city development. Thus, is order to for us to understand some of the evolutionary trends of the ancient urban city, we must consider the principles relating to urban development and …

…one time forms an urban pattern or structure. <Tab/>The city is not simply its location, describable in quantifiable terms. Rather, its cultural as well as its physical legacies must be accounted for. The city not only preserves but also generates those intangible values giving it a context as well as a direction. Seeing the city this way is an allegiance to the dreams as well as the accomplishments of reason.