Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century
- ISBN-10
- 0631232524
- ISBN-13
- 9780631232520
- Series
- Cities of Tomorrow
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 576
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-06-24
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Author
- Peter Hall
Description
Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. A critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject Comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new literature published since its original appearance, and to view the 1990s in historical perspective Reviews the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth century
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