Big Plans

The Allure and Folly of Urban Design
Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7730-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design

Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kolson, Kenneth

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Trajan's Forum
Chapter 2. The "Hidden Cities" of Ancient North America
Chapter 3. Cleveland as Beautiful City
Chapter 4. Utopian Visions on the Crabgrass Frontier
Chapter 5. Urban Renewal: "The Bugs Are All Out"
Chapter 6. The Strange Career of Advocacy Planning
Chapter 7. Two Cheers for Sprawl
Chapter 8. When Government Dares to Dream
Chapter 9. The British Library: From Great Planning Disaster to Almost All Right
Chapter 10. With Its "Doors Set Wide to the City"
Chapter 11. SimCity and Our TownNotes
Select Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
Note About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Kolson, Kenneth
Kenneth Kolson is a writer living in Alexandria, Virginia.