Subject(s): City planning. -- History in From CIAM to CNU thinkers of urban Design, Shifting Paradigms in Modern urban Design, Pedagogical Traditions -- Theoretical Perspectives in Urban Design : incompletely Theorized Project, Cybernetics in Urban Forms and Design,Spatial political Economy, Critical Urbanism, -- Influences : Traditional Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, Feminist Approaches, Environmental Psychology, Law, Political Theory, Public Health, Cinematic Arts -- Technologies and Methods : Design Studios, Media, Visualizing Changes, Digital Ubiquity -- Process : Customs, Norms, Rules, Regulations and Standards in Design Practices,Competitions, Citizen Design -- Components : Downtown Urban Design, Suburban, Planned Communities, Neighbourhood Spaces, design Innovations, Spaces of Consumption, Cultural Institutions , Urban Flux -- Global Trend : Metropolitan to Regional Urbanization, City Branding, Ethnoscapes -- Post modern and Integral Urbanism, Ecological Urbanism, Metropolitan form and Landscape Urbanism, Intertwist and Intertwine in Sustainability, Smart Growth, Transit-Oriented Development, Secure Cities