Main entry:

Hall, Peter, 1932-2014.

Title & Author:

Cities of tomorrow : an intellectual history of urban planning and design in the twentieth century / Peter Hall.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, ©2002.

Description:

xviii, 553 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-543) and index.
1. Cities of Imagination: Alternative Visions of the Good City, 1880-1987 -- 2. The City of Dreadful Night: Reactions to the Nineteenth-Century Slum City: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1880-1900 -- 3. The City of By-Pass Variegated: The Mass Transit Suburb: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900-1940 -- 4. The City in the Garden: The Garden-City Solution: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900-1940 -- 5. The City in the Region: The Birth of Regional Planning: Edinburgh, New York, London, 1900-1940 -- 6. The City of Monuments: The City Beautiful Movement: Chicago, New Delhi, Berlin, Moscow, 1900-1945 -- 7. The City of Towers: The Corbusian Radiant City: Paris, Chandigarh, Brasilia, London, St. Louis, 1920-1970 -- 8. The City of Sweat Equity: The Autonomous Community: Edinburgh, Indore, Lima, Berkeley, Macclesfield, 1890-1987 -- 9. The City on the Highway: The Automobile Suburb: Long Island, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Paris, 1930-1987 -- 10. The City of Theory: Planning and the Academy: Philadelphia, Manchester, California, Paris, 1955-1987 -- 11. The City of Enterprise: Planning Turned Upside Down: Baltimore, Hong Kong, London, 1975-1990 -- 12. The City of the Tarnished Belle Epoque: Infocities and Informationless Ghettos: New York, London, Tokyo, 1990-2000 -- 13. The City of the Permanent Underclass: The Enduring Slum: Chicago, St. Louis, London, 1920-2000.

Summary:

This volume is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the 20th century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it.

Resources:
Table of contents
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Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

0631232648 (alk. paper)
9780631232643 (alk. paper)
0631232524 (pb. ; alk. paper)
9780631232520 (pb. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

City planning History 20th century.
Pays occidentaux.
Pays en développement.
Aspects socio-économiques.
Analyse comparative.
Histoire.
Aménagement urbain.
City planning.
Stadtplanung
Stadsplanning.
Stedenbouw.
Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling.
Urbanisme Histoire 20e siècle.
stedelijke planning
urban planning
stadsontwikkeling
urban development
stedelijke gebieden
urban areas
steden
towns
geschiedenis
history
Urban Plans
Stedelijke plannen

Form/genre:

Writings.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224019
Call No.: NA44.H178.A35 2002
Status: Available