Building the economic backbone of the Belgian welfare state : infrastructure, planning and architecture 1945-1973 / Michael Ryckewaert.

Main entry:

Ryckewaert, Michael.

Title & Author:

Building the economic backbone of the Belgian welfare state : infrastructure, planning and architecture 1945-1973 / Michael Ryckewaert.

Publication:

Rotterdam : Uitgeverij 010, 2011.

Description:

367 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-359) and index.

Summary:

The accommodation of a welfare state economy after 1945 profoundly changed the Belgian territory. Government support for private home ownership resulted in widespread suburban sprawl. This book investigates the new infrastructural and business backbone that supported this suburban realm. At first sight the history of the construction of the highway network, the establishment of a tissue of consumer goods industries and the transformation of Brussels' periphery into a capital region reads as an account of economic policy and investment decisions. However, upon closer scrutiny, various urban models and architectural paradigms left their mark on these endeavors.

ISBN:

9789064507519 (pbk.)
9064507511 (pbk.)

Subject:

Regional planning Belgium History 20th century.
City planning Belgium History 20th century.
Urban policy Belgium History 20th century.
Infrastructure (Economics) Belgium.
Housing policy Belgium History 20th century.
Architecture and state Belgium History 20th century.
Architecture Belgium History.
Aménagement du territoire Belgique Histoire 20e siècle.
Politique urbaine Belgique Histoire 20e siècle.
Logement Politique gouvernementale Belgique Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Belgique Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Belgique Histoire.
Architecture and state History Belgium 20th century.
Architecture History Belgium 20th century.
City planning History Belgium 20th century.
Housing policy History Belgium 20th century.
Regional planning History Belgium 20th century.
Urban policy History Belgium 20th century.
Architecture.
Architecture and state.
City planning.
Housing policy.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Regional planning.
Urban policy.
Industrie
Infrastruktur
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Wohlfahrtsstaat.
Regional planning Belgium.
Architecture Belgium History 20th century.
Postwar reconstruction Belgium History 20th century.
Belgium.
Belgien

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 272441
Call No.: BIB 205761
Status: Available

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