Urban Design Since 1945: A Global Perspective

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-470-51526-6
Verlag: WILEY

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 901 g

At the end of World War II many European and Asian cities lay in ruins and in need of reconstruction, leaving millions of people homeless refugees. Urban Design Since 1945 details how this crisis was confronted by architects and urban planners. It examines the attempt to solve this problem through industrialization of housing and the machine city model on both sides of the Iron Curtain and charts the emergence of urban design as a distinct, fragmentary profession within the global network city in Europe, America, and Japan. Given the landscape of the near future, the book asks how planners will reach such goals as sustainable development, equity, and social justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shane, David Grahame

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section 1
Chapter 1 Urban Design - An Overview
Chapter 2 Illustrated Urban Elements
Section 2
Chapter 3 The Metropolis
Chapter 4 Illustrated Metropolis
Section 3
Chapter 5 The Megalopolis
Chapter 6 Illustrated Megalopolis
Section 4
Chapter 7 The Fragmented Metropolis
Chapter 8 Illustrated Fragmented Metropolis
Section 5
Chapter 9 The Megacity/Metecity
Chapter 10 Illustrated Megacity/Metacity
Conclusion Urban Ecologies and Urban Design - Future Scenarios
Glossary
Author's Caution Endnote Sources and Wikipedia
Annotated Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Grahame Shane teaches Graduate Urban Design at Columbia University and undergraduate students at Cooper Union in New York. He also lectures for the Bartlett School of Architecture Graduate Urban Design Programme, University of London and at the Polytechnic in Milan, as well as participating in masterclasses at the University of Venice. He has lectured widely and published in architectural journals in Europe, the USA and Asia. He co-edited with Brian McGrath the Architectural Design title Sensing the 21st Century City: Close-Up and Remote, published in November 2005. His book Recombinant Urbanism: Conceptual Modeling in Architecture, Urban Design and City Theory was published by Wiley in June 2005.