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This is a
list of urban theorists
notable
in their field, in alphabetical order:
Christopher Alexander
(1936-2022)
Donald Appleyard
(1928-1982)
Michael E. Arth
Christopher Charles Benninger
(1942)
Walter Block
(1941)
Ernest Burgess
(1886-1966)
Peter Calthorpe
(1949)
Manuel Castells
(1942)
Ildefons Cerdà
(1815-1876)
Gordon Cullen
(1914-1994)
Mike Davis
(1946-2022)
Constantinos Doxiadis
(1914-1975)
Andrés Duany
(1949)
Richard Florida
John Friedmann
Joel Garreau
Patrick Geddes
(1854-1932)
Jan Gehl
Paul Goodman
Percival Goodman
(1904-1989)
Adam Greenfield
Peter Hall
(1932-2014)
David Harvey
Ebenezer Howard
(1850-1928)
Arata Isozaki
Allan Jacobs
(1928)
Jane Jacobs
(1916-2006)
Kiyonori Kikutake
(1928-2011)
Rem Koolhaas
(1944)
Kisho Kurokawa
(1934-2007)
Fumihiko Maki
James Howard Kunstler
Le Corbusier
(1887-1965)
Loretta Lees
Henri Lefebvre
(1901-1991)
Jiří Löw
Kevin A. Lynch
(1918-1984)
Rob Krier
(1938)
Richard L. Meier
(1920-2007)
Lewis Mumford
(1895-1990)
Saverio Muratori
(1910-1973)
Clarence Perry
(1872-1944)
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
Miguel Robles-Durán
Witold Rybczynski
Thomas Sieverts
Camillo Sitte
(1843-1903)
Edward Soja
(1940-2015)
Ignasi de Solà-Morales
(1942-2001)
Kenzo Tange
(1913-2005)
Robert Venturi
(1925-2018)
William H. Whyte
(1917-1999)
Frank Lloyd Wright
(1867-1959)
Sharon Zukin
(1946)
See also
Index of urban planning articles
Index of urban studies articles
List of urban planners
List of landscape architects
Landscape architect
Landscape architecture
Urban design
Urban geography
Urban economics
Urban sociology
Urban studies
Urban theory
References
↑
"Changing the way cities are operated"
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Red Deer Advocate
. May 22, 2001
. Retrieved
July 6,
2026
.