Practicing utopia : an intellectual history of the new town movement /

"The typical town springs up around a natural resource--a river, an ocean, an exceptionally deep harbor--or in proximity to a larger, already thriving town. Not so with 'new towns, ' which are created by decree rather than out of necessity and are often intended to break from the tend...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wakeman, Rosemary (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Temas:
1900-1999
New towns > History > 20th century.
New towns > Philosophy.
City planning > History > 20th century.
Regional planning > History > 20th century.
Villes nouvelles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Villes nouvelles > Philosophie.
Aménagement du territoire > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
City planning
New towns
Regional planning
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The origins of the new town movement
  • The futurology of the ordinary
  • Exporting utopia
  • Cybernetic cities
  • Towns of tomorrow
  • Architecture for the space age
  • Conclusion: New towns in the twenty-first century.

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