New urbanism and American planning : the conflict of cultures / / Emily Talen

• Autore: Talen Emily <1958-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.12160973
• Soggetto topico: City planning - United States - History; Cities and towns - United States - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-308) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction: Defining American Urbanism; Chapter Two Framework: Four Urbanist Cultures; Chapter Three Principles: Urbanism vs. Anti-Urbanism; Chapter Four Incrementalism: Beauty, Redemption, Conservation and Complexity; Chapter Five Urban Plan-Making: the City Beautiful and the City Efficient; Chapter Six Planned Communities; Chapter Seven Regionalism; Chapter Eight Successes and Failures; Chapter Nine Conclusion: the Survival of New Urbanism; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Presents the history of American planners' quest for good cities and shows how New Urbanism is a culmination of ideas that have been evolving since the nineteenth century. Identifies four approaches to city-making: incrementalism, plan-making, planned communities, and regionalism. Shows how these cultures connect, overlap, and conflict"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: New urbanism and American planning
• ISBN: 1-135-99262-2; 1-280-24460-7; 9786610244607; 0-203-79948-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451225503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Planning, history, and the environment series.