Cities of tomorrow : an intellectual history of urban planning and design since 1880 /
Hall, Peter,
Cities of tomorrow : an intellectual history of urban planning and design since 1880 / - Fourth edition. - xvi, 624 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cities of Imagination: Alternative Visions of the Good City, 1880-1987 -- The City of Dreadful Night: Reactions to the Nineteenth-Century Slum City: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1880-1900 -- The City of By-Pass Variegated: The Mass Transit Suburb: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900-1940 -- The City in the Garden: The Garden-City Solution: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900-1940 The City in the Region -- The Birth of Regional Planning. Edinburgh, New York, London, 1900-1940 -- The City of Monuments: The City Beautiful Movement: Chicago, New Delhi, Berlin, Moscow, 1900-1945 -- The City of Towers: The Corbusian Radiant City: Paris, Chandigarh, BrasÃlia, London, St Louis, 1920-1970 -- The City of Sweat Equity: The Autonomous Community: Edinburgh, Indore, Lima, Berkeley. Macclesfield, 1890-1987 -- The City on the Highway: The Automobile Suburb: Long Island, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Paris, 1930-1987 -- The City of Theory: Planning and the Academy: Philadelphia, Manchester, California, Paris, 1955-1987 -- The City of Enterprise: Planning Turned Upside Down: Baltimore, Hong Kong, London, 1975-2000 -- The City of the Tarnished Belle Era Infocities and Informationless Ghettos: New York, London, Tokyo, 1990-2010 -- The City of the Permanent Underclass: The Enduring Slum: Chicago, St Louis, London, 1920-2011.
"Peter Hall's seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Now comprehensively revised, the fourth edition offers a perceptive, critical, and global history of urban planning and design throughout the twentieth-century and beyond. A revised and updated edition of this classic text from one of the most notable figures in the field of urban planning and design Offers an incisive, insightful, and unrivalled critical history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the underlying socio-economic challenges and opportunities Comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new research published over the last decade Reviews the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth-century and beyond Draws on global examples throughout, and weaves the author's own fascinating experiences into the text to illustrate this authoritative story of urban growth "--
9781118456477
City planning.
City planning--environmental aspects.
724.6 / HAC
Cities of tomorrow : an intellectual history of urban planning and design since 1880 / - Fourth edition. - xvi, 624 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cities of Imagination: Alternative Visions of the Good City, 1880-1987 -- The City of Dreadful Night: Reactions to the Nineteenth-Century Slum City: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1880-1900 -- The City of By-Pass Variegated: The Mass Transit Suburb: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900-1940 -- The City in the Garden: The Garden-City Solution: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900-1940 The City in the Region -- The Birth of Regional Planning. Edinburgh, New York, London, 1900-1940 -- The City of Monuments: The City Beautiful Movement: Chicago, New Delhi, Berlin, Moscow, 1900-1945 -- The City of Towers: The Corbusian Radiant City: Paris, Chandigarh, BrasÃlia, London, St Louis, 1920-1970 -- The City of Sweat Equity: The Autonomous Community: Edinburgh, Indore, Lima, Berkeley. Macclesfield, 1890-1987 -- The City on the Highway: The Automobile Suburb: Long Island, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Paris, 1930-1987 -- The City of Theory: Planning and the Academy: Philadelphia, Manchester, California, Paris, 1955-1987 -- The City of Enterprise: Planning Turned Upside Down: Baltimore, Hong Kong, London, 1975-2000 -- The City of the Tarnished Belle Era Infocities and Informationless Ghettos: New York, London, Tokyo, 1990-2010 -- The City of the Permanent Underclass: The Enduring Slum: Chicago, St Louis, London, 1920-2011.
"Peter Hall's seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Now comprehensively revised, the fourth edition offers a perceptive, critical, and global history of urban planning and design throughout the twentieth-century and beyond. A revised and updated edition of this classic text from one of the most notable figures in the field of urban planning and design Offers an incisive, insightful, and unrivalled critical history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the underlying socio-economic challenges and opportunities Comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new research published over the last decade Reviews the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth-century and beyond Draws on global examples throughout, and weaves the author's own fascinating experiences into the text to illustrate this authoritative story of urban growth "--
9781118456477
City planning.
City planning--environmental aspects.
724.6 / HAC