Title & Author:

Iconic planned communities and the challenge of change / edited by Mary Corbin Sies, Isabelle Gournay, Robert Freestone.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]

Description:

vii, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

The city in the twenty-first century

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Toward critical resiliance in iconic planned communities / Mary Corbin Sies, Isabelle Gournay, and Robert Freestone -- Chapter 1. New Lanark: Sustaining Robert Owen's legacy in Scotland / John Minnery -- Chapter 2. Riverside: The first comprehensively designed suburban community in the United States / David Schuyler -- Chapter 3. English garden cities: Challenges of conservation and change / Mervyn Miller -- Chapter 4. Uplands: A residential park in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Larry McCann -- Chapter 5. Manteng: Heritage of a planned community in a Southeast Asian megacity / Christopher Silver -- Chapter 6. Colonial light gardens: History, heritage, and the enduring garden suburb in Adelaide, Sotuh Australia / Christine Garnaut and Robert Freestone -- Chapter 7. Den-en Chōfu: The first Japanese "garden city" / André Sorensen and Shun-ichi J. Watanabe -- Chapter 8. The Jardim América and Pacaembu garden suburbs: Facing the changes to the metropolis of São Paolo / Maria Cristina da Silva Lerne and Carlos Roberto Monteiro de Andrade -- Chapter 9. Garbatella: Heritage, gentrification, and public policies in Rome, Italy / Sandra Annunziata -- Chapter 10. Sunnyside Gardens and Radburn: The common legacy and divergent experiences of community life / John J. Pittari, Jr. -- Chapter 11. Cité Frugès: Le Corbusier's paradoxical appropriation in Pessac, France / Gilles Ragot -- Chapter 12. The Römerstadt settlement: The "new life" in Frankfurt am Main, Germany / Susan R. Henderson -- Chapter 13. Soweto: Planning for apartheid and preserving the garden city townships of Johannesburg, South Africa / Angel David Nieves -- Chapter 14. Wythenshawe: Manchester's municipal garden city / James Hopkins and Michael Hebbert -- Chapter 15. Sabaudia: Foundation, growth, and critical memory in the lastt italian city / Jean-François Lejeune -- Chapter 16. Greenbelt: sustaining the New Deal legacy / Mary Corbin Sies and Isabelle Gournay -- Chapter 17. Baťovany-Partizánske: A functionalist company town in Slovakia / Alena Kibova-Gauché and Isabelle Gournay -- Chapter 18. Tapiola: From garden city to national landscape icon in Finland / Arnold R. Alanen -- Chapter 19. Seaside: Iconic community of the new urbanism / Steven W. Hurtt -- Chapter 20. Iconicity in planned communities: The power of visual representations / Isabelle Gournay -- Chapter 21. Afterword: Lesson of the iconic planned commuity / R. Bruce Stephenson -- Lisst of contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

Summary:

"In the history of planning, the design of an entire community prior to its construction is among the oldest traditions. Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change explores the twenty-first-century fortunes of planned communities around the world. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, the editors and contributors examine what happened to planned communities after their glory days had passed and they became vulnerable to pressures of growth, change, and even decline. Beginning with Robert Owen's industrial village in Scotland and concluding with Robert Davis's neotraditional resort haven in Florida, this book documents the effort to translate optimal design into sustaining a common life that works for changing circumstances and new generations of residents. Basing their approach on historical research and practical, on-the-ground considerations, the essayists argue that preservation efforts succeed best when they build upon foundational planning principles, address landscape, architecture, and social engineering together, and respect the spirit of place. Presenting twenty-three case studies located in six continents, each contributor considers how to preserve the spirit of the community and its key design elements, and the ways in which those elements can be adapted to contemporary circumstances and changing demographics. Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change espouses strategies to achieve critical resilience and emphasizes the vital connection between heritage preservation, equitable sharing of the benefits of living in these carefully designed places, and sustainable development"-- Provided by publisher.
"Communities: Bat'ovany-Partizánske, Cité Frugès, Colonel Light Gardens, Den-en Chôfu, Garbatella, Greenbelt, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Jardim América, Letchworth Garden City, Menteng, New Lanark, Pacaembú, Radburn, Riverside, Römerstadt, Sabaudia, Seaside, Soweto, Sunnyside Gardens, Tapiola, The Uplands, Welwyn Garden City, Wythenshawe"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0812251148 hardcover
9780812251142 hardcover

Subject:

Planned communities Conservation and restoration.
Planned communities History.
Planned communities Case studies.
Collectivités nouvelles Conservation et restauration.
Collectivités nouvelles Histoire.
Collectivités nouvelles Études de cas.
Planned communities

Form/genre:

Case studies
History
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Sies, Mary Corbin.
Gournay, Isabelle.
Freestone, Robert.
City in the twenty-first century book series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306941
Call No.: BIB 252484
Status: Available