Culture, urbanism and planning / edited by Javier Monclús and Manuel Guàrdia.
| Other author | Monclús, F. J. (Francisco Javier) |
| Other author | Guàrdia i Bassols, Manuel, 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, |
| Description | xix, 293 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Heritage, culture, and identity |
| Contents | Introduction / F. Javier Monclús and Manuel Guàrdia -- History builds the town : on the uses of history in twentieth-century city planning / Michael Hebbert and Wolfgang Sonne -- The cultural dimension of urban planning strategies : an historical perspective / Robert Freestone and Chris Gibson -- Speak, culture! : culture in planning's past, present, and future / Greg Young -- Capital cities and culture : evolution of twentieth-century capital city planning / David L.A. Gordon -- The power of anticipation : itinerant images of metropolitan futures : Buenos Aires, 1900-1920 / Margarita Gutman -- Words and history : controversies on urban heritage in Italy / Giorgio Piccinato -- Urban destruction or preservation? : conservation movement and planning in twentieth-century Scandinavian capitals / Laura Kolbe -- Planning the historic city : 1960s plans for Bath and York / John Pendelbury -- Multiple exposures or new cultural values? : European historical centres and recent immigration fluxes / Alessandro Scarnato -- New urbanism and planning history : back to the future / Christopher Silver -- Branding the city of culture : the death of city planning? / Graeme Evans -- International exhibitions and planning : hosting large-scale events as place promotion and as catalysts of urban regeneration / F. Javier Monclús -- Contemporary urban spectacularisation / Lilian Vaz and Paula Berenstein Jacques -- Culture, tradition and modernity in the Latin American city : some recent experiences / Roberto Segre -- 'Cities are fun!' : inventing and spreading the Baltimore model of cultural urbanism / Stephen V. Ward. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006007774 |
| ISBN | 0754646238 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780754646235 (alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |