The authors draw on the combined experience of m is 50 years to offer a history of study of public life, as well as the m ethodes and tools needed to recover city life as an important dimension of planning. This type of systematic study began ar in earnest in the cada of 1960, quan several researchers and journalists from different continents criticized urban planning for having a forgotten life in the city. .. 180 p: fot, b/w, colour, plants and sections, 26x22 cm, during cover.