Thinking, planning and urbanism /

"' 'Thinking planning and urbanism' reconstructs the process of an urban core area redevelopment in order to show how city planning was involved in the decisions taken ... This book exposes the cracks in planning itself, revealing how its theories - based on the premise that spac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Milroy, Beth Moore, 1940-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, ©2009
Subjects:
City planning > Ontario > Toronto.
Sociology, Urban > Ontario > Toronto.
Urbanisme > Ontario > Toronto.
Sociologie urbaine > Ontario > Toronto.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.
City planning
Sociology, Urban
Ontario > Toronto
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"' 'Thinking planning and urbanism' reconstructs the process of an urban core area redevelopment in order to show how city planning was involved in the decisions taken ... This book exposes the cracks in planning itself, revealing how its theories - based on the premise that space is a social construction - do not help practising planners, who need a broader understanding of urbanism in which to find and persuasively argue for creative solutions to pedestrian problems."--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 316 pages : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and index.
ISBN:9780774816168
0774816163
1299587992
9781299587991

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