Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

The good city : reflections and imaginations / / Allan B. Jacobs



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Jacobs Allan B. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The good city : reflections and imaginations / / Allan B. Jacobs Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
Disciplina: 307.1/216
Soggetto topico: City planning
City and town life
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Experiencing cities : an introduction -- pt. 2. Learning from Calcutta -- pt. 3. Learning in Italy -- pt. 4. City people : fragments -- pt. 5. Breaking and making community -- pt. 6. World-class cities -- pt. 7. City certainties -- pt. 8. San Francisco -- pt. 9. The good city.
Sommario/riassunto: Cities, Allan B. Jacobs contends, ought to be magnificent, beautiful places to live. They should be places where people can be fulfilled, where they can be what they can be, where there is freedom, love, ideas, excitement, quiet and joy. Cities ought to be the ultimate manifestation of society's collective achievements.Allan B. Jacobs is one of the world's best known planners and urban design practitioners, with a long and distinguished international career. Drawing on his professional experience of almost sixty years, Jacobs guides the reader through the lessons he's learnt a
Titolo autorizzato: The good city  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-43527-6
9786613435279
1-136-86015-0
0-203-83596-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820170103321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui