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Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century - Couverture souple

Hall, Peter

 
9780631232520: Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0631232524 ISBN 13 : 9780631232520
Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

Cities of Tomorrow is 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. * 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. * Comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new literature published since its original appearance, and to view the 1990s in historical perspective. * Reviews the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth century.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sir Peter Hall is Professor of Planning at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Building, Environmental Design and Planning at University College, London and Director of the Institute of Community Studies. He was previously Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, and Professor of Geography at the University of Reading. He is the author of over 30 books in planning and related subjects, including London 2000, The World Cities, Great Planning Disasters and High Tech America. He has been credited with the invention of the Urban Enterprise Zone concept now widely employed in the USA, the UK and Europe. An advisor to governments and international agencies across the world, Professor Hall is known throughout the world for his contribution both to the theory and to the practice of city and regional planning.

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Éditeur
Blackwell Publishers
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0631232524
ISBN 13 
9780631232520
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
576
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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