Big plans : the allure and folly of urban design / / Kenneth Kolson
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| Autore: |
Kolson Kenneth L. <1945->
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| Titolo: |
Big plans : the allure and folly of urban design / / Kenneth Kolson
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.3/416 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cities and towns |
| City planning | |
| Urban renewal | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Inspired 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Big plans |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7630-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910957863603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Center books on contemporary landscape design.