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New Urbanism And American Planning : the Conflict of Cultures.

Surveying four approaches to city-making, the author here gives an assessment of the development of American urbanism, highlighting recurrent themes and how these interact, merge and conflict.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Talen, Emily
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction: Defining American Urbanism; Chapter Two Framework: Four Urbanist Cultures; Chapter Three Principles: Urbanism vs. Anti-Urbanism; Chapter Four Incrementalism: Beauty, Redemption, Conservation and Complexity; Chapter Five Urban Plan-Making: the City Beautiful and the City Efficient; Chapter Six Planned Communities; Chapter Seven Regionalism; Chapter Eight Successes and Failures; Chapter Nine Conclusion: the Survival of New Urbanism; Bibliography; Index.