| Description |
195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. City Models 19 -- Confusion in Urban Design -- City Models -- (The Public City, The Domestic City) -- Comments on the Two Models -- Academic Alienation -- Urban Ecology -- 2. The Public City 55 -- Artificiality -- Continuity -- Shaping -- Mixed Uses -- Public Space -- Street Facade -- Dispersing -- Pedestrian Priority -- The Attitude of Architecture -- 3. The Domestic City 89 -- Characteristics -- Industrial Revolution -- Modem Movement -- Link with Modernity -- Lifestyle -- Mentality -- Higher Living Standards -- Constructive Simplicity -- Professional Obsession -- City-Greenery Relationship -- The Hygienist Question -- 4. Amenities 127 -- Amenities -- (Institutional Buildings, Religious Buildings, -- Educational Buildings, University Buildings, -- Health Buildings, Museums, Opera Houses, -- Markets, Cinemas and Theatres, Hotels, -- Office Blocks, Prisons, Sports Stadiums) -- Industry and City -- Urban Integration -- 5. Vision of Urban Design 163 -- 6. Concluding Thoughts 185 |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Philosophy.
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City planning.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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| LC no. |
2008384597 |
| ISBN |
9789085940173 (paperback) |
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