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Anglo-American crossroads [[electronic resource] ] : urban planning and research in Britain, 1940-2010 / / Mark Clapson
| Anglo-American crossroads [[electronic resource] ] : urban planning and research in Britain, 1940-2010 / / Mark Clapson |
| Autore | Clapson Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.3416094109045 |
| Soggetto topico |
City planning - Great Britain
Urbanization - Great Britain |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-87408-3
1-4411-4477-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Timeline; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Direction of Travel; Rationale; The scope and content of Anglo-American Crossroads; Chapter 2: Roads to Reconstruction: The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Special Housing Mission to W; Introduction; The Rockefeller Foundation and the wartime British city; The Special Housing Mission to Great Britain, 1942-46; Networks and themes coalesce; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Green Lights for Understanding: The American Contribution to Urban Research in Britain,; Introduction
The Institute of Community Studies The Centre for Urban Studies; The Centre for Environmental Studies; The Ditchley Foundation; Social scientists and the Rockefeller Foundation; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Through Roads and Dead Ends: American Influences on Post-war Urban Reconstruction; Introduction; The new towns programme; Travelling beyond the neighbourhood unit; Roads and urban renewal; Radburn and the design of post-war new towns and new communities; Roads, Radburn and the re-thinking of residential areas: The initial planning of Milton Keynes; The final passing of the neighbourhood unit Education and campuses Some conclusions; Chapter 5: Roads to Edge City: Motorization, Milton Keynes and Urbanization After the Era of Recon; Introduction; Edge City; From the detested to the digested city: Learning from Los Angeles; Roads: Similarities and differences between LA and MK; Shopping centres; Linear parks, waterfronts and redways; LA and MK: Some other differences; Conclusion: England's most American city; Chapter 6: The Opposite Direction: British Influences Upon Privately and Publicly Developed New Tow; Introduction; James W. Rouse, Cross Keys and Columbia; Reston, Virginia The New Communities Development Act of 1968 and the federally assisted new towns in the United The ending of the federally assisted new communities; Operation Breakthrough; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Avoiding Danger: The USA and the Regeneration of the Inner City in Britain Since 1970; Introduction; The growth of the inner city problem in Britain; The inner city problem in England and the United States of America; Inner city policies during the late 1960's and the 1970's; The significance of failure: The community development projects Enterprise zones: Business-led solutions to decline during the 1980's and 1990's From Baltimore to Britain: Waterfronts and urban regeneration; Gentrification: Encouraging the middle classes back into the inner cities and the city centres; From SoHo to Soho: Loft living; Conclusion: The special relationship between the British and American city since 1970; Chapter 8: A Coda on New Urbanism: Back to Milton Keynes; High Priests and Princes; New Urbanism and Milton Keynes; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Bibliography and Sources Archive Sources |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452269003321 |
Clapson Mark
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| London ; ; New York, : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anglo-American crossroads [[electronic resource] ] : urban planning and research in Britain, 1940-2010 / / Mark Clapson
| Anglo-American crossroads [[electronic resource] ] : urban planning and research in Britain, 1940-2010 / / Mark Clapson |
| Autore | Clapson Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.3416094109045 |
| Soggetto topico |
City planning - Great Britain
Urbanization - Great Britain |
| ISBN |
1-283-87408-3
1-4411-4477-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Timeline; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Direction of Travel; Rationale; The scope and content of Anglo-American Crossroads; Chapter 2: Roads to Reconstruction: The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Special Housing Mission to W; Introduction; The Rockefeller Foundation and the wartime British city; The Special Housing Mission to Great Britain, 1942-46; Networks and themes coalesce; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Green Lights for Understanding: The American Contribution to Urban Research in Britain,; Introduction
The Institute of Community Studies The Centre for Urban Studies; The Centre for Environmental Studies; The Ditchley Foundation; Social scientists and the Rockefeller Foundation; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Through Roads and Dead Ends: American Influences on Post-war Urban Reconstruction; Introduction; The new towns programme; Travelling beyond the neighbourhood unit; Roads and urban renewal; Radburn and the design of post-war new towns and new communities; Roads, Radburn and the re-thinking of residential areas: The initial planning of Milton Keynes; The final passing of the neighbourhood unit Education and campuses Some conclusions; Chapter 5: Roads to Edge City: Motorization, Milton Keynes and Urbanization After the Era of Recon; Introduction; Edge City; From the detested to the digested city: Learning from Los Angeles; Roads: Similarities and differences between LA and MK; Shopping centres; Linear parks, waterfronts and redways; LA and MK: Some other differences; Conclusion: England's most American city; Chapter 6: The Opposite Direction: British Influences Upon Privately and Publicly Developed New Tow; Introduction; James W. Rouse, Cross Keys and Columbia; Reston, Virginia The New Communities Development Act of 1968 and the federally assisted new towns in the United The ending of the federally assisted new communities; Operation Breakthrough; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Avoiding Danger: The USA and the Regeneration of the Inner City in Britain Since 1970; Introduction; The growth of the inner city problem in Britain; The inner city problem in England and the United States of America; Inner city policies during the late 1960's and the 1970's; The significance of failure: The community development projects Enterprise zones: Business-led solutions to decline during the 1980's and 1990's From Baltimore to Britain: Waterfronts and urban regeneration; Gentrification: Encouraging the middle classes back into the inner cities and the city centres; From SoHo to Soho: Loft living; Conclusion: The special relationship between the British and American city since 1970; Chapter 8: A Coda on New Urbanism: Back to Milton Keynes; High Priests and Princes; New Urbanism and Milton Keynes; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Bibliography and Sources Archive Sources |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779460003321 |
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Clapson Mark
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| London ; ; New York, : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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