Main entry:

Madanipour, Ali.

Title & Author:

Tehran : the making of a metropolis / Ali Madanipour.

Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; New York : Wiley, ©1998.

Description:

xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

World cities series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-273) and index.
pt. 1. The Rise of a Metropolis. 1. City of Revolutions. 2. Transformation of the Capital -- pt. 2. A Profile of the Contemporary City. 3. Urban Economy. 4. Urban Management. 5. Urban Society. 6. Urban Space. 7. Urban Problems. 8. Urban Lives -- pt. 3. Shaping the Urban Landscape. 9. Agents of Transformation. 10. Building the City: Development Resources. 11. Building the City: Rules and Ideas. 12. Inherited Concepts of Space and Political Institutions. 13. Cultural Practices and Urban Form. 14. Challenges of the Twenty-first Century.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP32.00 0.

Summary:

This is the first book dedicated to the city of Tehran. It will become an indispensible guide to anyone interested in the fabric and history of this city, one of the few world cities which has shaped the course of the twentieth century.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0471957798 (alk. paper)
9780471957799 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Urbanization Iran Tehran.
City planning Iran Tehran.
Urbanisation Iran Téhéran.
Urbanisme Iran Téhéran.
City planning
Urbanization
Stadtentwicklung
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Stadsplanning.
City planning Iran.
Téhéran (Iran) Conditions économiques.
Téhéran (Iran) Conditions sociales.
Iran Tehran
Teheran
Tehran (Iran) City planning.
Tehran (Iran) History.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

World cities series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204068
Call No.: HT384.I652 T446 1998
Status: Available