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Abstract

There is not much said about the urban process in the writings of Alfred North Whitehead. The lengthiest discussion occurs in Advenures of Ideas where he ponders the future of cities in an age where their primary reason for being - the need for human proximity - appears to be vanishing. His response is to stress the need for foresight that mixes creative thinking  with unflinching rationality." In Science and the Modern World, he laments the defacing of the Thames' estuary by the thoughtless placement of the Charing Cross railway bridge. This concluding chapter is famous for Whitehead's prophetic call for modern  civilization's need for deeper aesthetic education.