Main entry:

Hall, Peter, 1932-2014.

Title & Author:

Good cities, better lives : how Europe discovered the lost art of urbanism / Peter Hall ; with contributions from Nicholas Falk.

Publication:

London, New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2014.

Description:

ix, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Planning, history and environment series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-326) and index.
Building the new Jerusalem: five challenges for cities. Part one: Facing the challenges. 1. The first challenge: rebalancing our urban economies. -- 2. The second challenge: building new homes -- 3. The third challenge: linking people and places -- 4. The fourth challenge: living with finite resources -- 5. The fifth challenge: fixing broken machinery. Part two: Learning from model cities: a twenty-first-century grand tour. 6. The sixth challenge: going on tour -- 7. Boosting economic growth in Germany -- 8. Building sustainable suburbs in the Netherlands -- 9. France uses transport to develop and regenerate cities -- 10. Conserving resources in Scandinavia: Stockholm and Copenhagen-Malmö. -- 11. Freiburg: the city that did it all. Part three: Lessons from Europe. 12. Learning the lessons.

Summary:

This book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities and towns in which to live and work and play? And, in doing so, can we provide lessons for other countries facing similar dilemmas?

ISBN:

9780415840217 (hb)
041584021X (hb)
9780415840224 (pb)
0415840228 (pb)
(eb)
9781315888446

Subject:

Urban policy Great Britain.
Urban policy Europe.
Urbanization Great Britain.
Urbanization Europe.
Regional planning Europe.
Regional economics Europe.
City planning Europe.
Politique urbaine Grande-Bretagne.
Politique urbaine Europe.
Urbanisation Grande-Bretagne.
Urbanisation Europe.
Aménagement du territoire Europe.
Économie régionale Europe.
City planning.
Regional economics.
Regional planning.
Urban policy.
Urbanization.
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
Stadtökologie
Urbanität
Stadsplanering.
Urban politik.
Urbanisering.
Regionalekonomi.
Regional utveckling.
Europe.
Great Britain.
Europa
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

Statistics.

Added entries:

Falk, Nicholas.
Planning, history, and the environment series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284885
Call No.: BIB 224117
Status: Available