DIY city : the collective power of small actions /

"Some utopian plans have shaped our cities, from England's New Towns and Garden Cities to the Haussmann plan for Paris and the L'Enfant plan for Washington, DC. But these grand plans are the exception, and seldom turn out as envisioned by the utopian planner. Inviting city neighbourho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dittmar, Hank (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2020]
Temas:
City planning.
City planning
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • About Island Press
  • Subscribe
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1: Cities are Back
  • 2: Sometimes the Small Stuff Sticks: Learning to Improvise
  • 3: Do It Yourself: An Enduring Idea
  • 4: Doubling Up: Lessons for Cities from Life during Wartime
  • 5: Slack Is a Good Thing
  • 6: When Meanwhile Becomes Permanent: Eric Reynolds and London's Revival
  • 7: Making Spaces for the Arts
  • 8: Filling in the Missing Pieces: Lean Urbanism
  • 9: Too Small to Matter? The Persistence of the Informal
  • Notes
  • About the Author
  • Insert

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