Cities of tomorrow : an intellectual history of urban planning and design in the twentieth century
Peter Geoffrey Hall (Author)
* A critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. * Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject.
Print Book, English, 2003
3. ed., reprint View all formats and editions
Blackwell, Malden, Mass., 2003
XVIII, 553 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme
9780631232520, 9780631232643, 0631232524, 0631232648
174915747
List of Figures. Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Third Edition. Acknowledgements. 1. Cities of Imagination: Alternative Visions of the Good City, 1880-1987. 2. The City of Dreadful Night: Reactions to the Nineteenth-Century Slum City: London; Paris; Berlin; New York, 1880-1900. 3. The City of By-Pass Variegated: The Mass Transit Suburb: London; New York, 1900-1940. 4. The City in the Garden: The Garden City Solution: London; Paris; Berlin; New York, 1900-1940. 5. The City in the Region: The Birth of Regional Planning: Edinburgh; New York; London, 1900-1940. 6. The City of Monuments: The City Beautiful Movement: Chicago; New Delhi; Berlin; Moscow, 1900-1940. 7. The City of Towers: The Corbusian Radiant City: Paris; Chandigarh; Brasilia; London; St Louis, 1920-1970. 8. The City of Sweat Equity: The Autonomous Community: Edinburgh; Indore; Lima; Berkeley; Macclesfield, 1890-1987. 9. The City on the Highway: The Automobile Suburb: Long Island; Wisconsin; Los Angeles; Paris, 1930-1987. 10. The City of Theory: Planning and the Academy: Philadelphia; Manchester; California; Paris, 1955-1987. 11. The City of Enterprise: Planning turned Upside Down: Baltimore; Hong Kong; London, 1975-2000. 12. The City of the Tarnished Belle Epoque: Infocities and Informationless Ghettos: New York; London; Tokyo, 1985-2000. 13. The City of the Permanent Underclass: The Enduring Slum: Chicago; St Louis; London, 1920-1987. References. Index.