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1 online resource (441 pages) |
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Cover; Comparative Planning Cultures; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; PART I OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 1 HYBRID PLANNING CULTURES: THE SEARCH FOR THE GLOBAL CULTURAL COMMONS; PART II TWO THEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS; CHAPTER 2 PLANNING CULTURES IN TRANSITION; CHAPTER 3 SPACE OF FLOWS, SPACE OF PLACES: MATERIALS FOR ATHEORY OF URBANISM IN THE INFORMATION AGE; PART III THE TRAFFIC OF PLANNING IDEAS ININDUSTRIALIZING NATIONS; CHAPTER 4 PLANNING CULTURE IN IRAN: CENTRALIZATION AND DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (THE CASE FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING) |
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Chapter 5 modernity confronts tradition: the professional planner and local corporatism in the rebuilding of china's citieschapter 6 planning cultures in two chinese transitionalcities: hong kong and shenzhen; chapter 7 understanding planning cultures: the kolkataparadox; chapter 8 does planning culture matter? dutch andamerican models in indonesian urbantransformations; chapter 9 contending planning cultures and the urban built environment in mexico city; part iv planning cultures and social change:the experience of industrialized nations |
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Chapter 10 the developmental state and the extreme narrownessof the public realm: the twentieth centuryevolution of japanese planning culturechapter 11 the nature of difference: traditions of law andgovernment and their effects on planning inbritain and france; chapter 12 the netherlands: a culture with a soft spot for planning; chapter 13 picking the paradoxes: a historical anatomy of australian planning cultures; chapter 14 u.s. planning culture under pressure: majorelements endure and flourish in the face of crises; notes; bibliography; index |
| Summary |
Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban planning across the world and in different cultures |
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Print version record |
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Regional planning -- Cross-cultural studies
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City planning -- Cross-cultural studies
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Social policy -- Cross-cultural studies
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Central planning -- Cross-cultural studies
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Central planning.
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City planning.
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Regional planning.
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Social policy.
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203826508 |
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0203826507 |
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