Anglo-American crossroads : urban research and planning in Britain, 1940-2010 /

"The postwar British city was been shaped by many international forces during the last century, but American influences on British urban research and urban planning have been particularly significant. Beginning with debates about reconstruction during the Second World War, Anglo-American Crossr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clapson, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Temas:
Urbanization > United States.
Urbanization > Great Britain.
City planning > United States.
City planning > Great Britain.
Urbanisation > États-Unis.
Urbanisation > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
City planning
Urbanization
Great Britain
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Direction of Travel
  • Roads to Reconstruction: The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Special Housing Mission to Wartime Britain
  • Green Lights for Understanding: The American Contribution to Urban Research in Britain, 1940s-1970s
  • Through Roads and Dead Ends: American Influences on Post-war Urban Reconstruction
  • Roads to Edge City: Motorization, Milton Keynes and Urbanization After the Era of Reconstruction
  • The Opposite Direction: British Influences Upon Privately and Publicly Developed New Towns and New Communities in the United States of America
  • Avoiding Danger: The USA and the Regeneration of the Inner City in Britain Since 1970
  • A Coda on New Urbanism: Back to Milton Keynes.

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