Cities of tomorrow : an intellectual history of urban planning and design since 1880 / Peter Hall.
By: Hall, Peter [author]
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BookPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, [2014]Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xvi, 624 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781118456477 (paperback).Subject(s): City planning -- History -- 20th century | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / UrbanAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Cities of tomorrowDDC classification: 307.12160904 Other classification: SOC026030 Summary: "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 "-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-607) and index.
"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 "-- Provided by publisher.
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