02644nam 2200637Ia 450 991095786360332120251116160154.00-8018-7630-3(CKB)111056486618304(EBL)3318200(OCoLC)923191762(SSID)ssj0000474712(PQKBManifestationID)12158809(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474712(PQKBWorkID)10455661(PQKB)10741914(MiAaPQ)EBC3318200(Au-PeEL)EBL3318200(CaPaEBR)ebr10021678(MiAaPQ)EBC30378405(Au-PeEL)EBL30378405(OCoLC)1393308322(EXLCZ)9911105648661830420000920d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBig plans the allure and folly of urban design /Kenneth Kolson1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20011 online resource (256 p.)Center books on contemporary landscape designDescription based upon print version of record.0-8018-7730-X 0-8018-6679-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO TRAJAN'S FORUM; 2 THE ""HIDDEN CITIES"" OF ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA; 3 CLEVELAND AS CITY BEAUTIFUL; 4 UTOPIAN VISIONS ON THE CRABGRASS FRONTIER; 5 URBAN RENEWAL; 6 THE STRANGE CAREER OF ADVOCACY PLANNING; 7 TWO CHEERS FOR SPRAWL; 8 WHEN GOVERNMENT DARES TO DREAM; 9 THE BRITISH LIBRARY; 10 WITH ITS ""DOORS SET WIDE TO THE CITY""; 11 SIMCITY AND OUR TOWN; Notes; Select bibliography; IIlustration credits; IndexInspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.Center books on contemporary landscape design.Cities and townsCity planningUrban renewalCities and towns.City planning.Urban renewal.307.3/416Kolson Kenneth L.1945-1888461MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957863603321Big plans4527370UNINA