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Future of cities/ edited by Andrew Blowers, Chris Hamnett and Philip Sarre.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge, 2013. Oxon:Description: 355 pISBN:
  • 9780415853699
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.1216 FUT
Contents:
General Introduction, Philip Sarre and Andrew Blowers1. The future city as seen in the past Introduction, Philip Sarre 1.1. Utopian traditions and the planning of cities, Martin Meyerson 1.2 Utopia, Thomas More 1.3. An academy of projects, Jonathan Swift1.4. A contemporary city, Le Corbusier 1.5. City of the future, Frank Lloyd Wright 1.6. Social cities, Ebenezer Howard 2. Trends and constraints Introduction, Chris Hamnett 2.1. Some social trends, Peter Willmott 2.2. the future of the motor vehicle, Colin Buchanan 2.3. The impact of telecommunications on town planning, J.S. Whyte 2.4. The changing image of the city, Scott Greer 2.5. Resources and the economic framework, P.A. Stone 2.6. material resources, Richard Meier 2.7. Human needs, Barbara Ward and Rene Dubos 3. Future Urban Forms Introduction, Chris Hamnett 3.1 Megalopolis, Jean Gottomann 3.2. The urban field, John Friedmann and John Miller 3.3. homes beyond the fringe, Lionel March 3.4. The grid as generator, Sir Leslie Martin 3.5. The pattern of the metropolis, Kevin Lynch 4. Planning the Future City Introduction, Philip Sarre 4.1. Normative planning, Paul Davidoff 4.2. Permissive planning, Melvin Webber 4.3. The nature of the plan, Milton Keynes Development Corporation 4.4. Non-plan: an experiment in freedom, Reyner Banham, Paul Barker, Peter Hall and Cedric Price 4 .5. Creating a new social system, The Ecologist 4.6. Major changes in environmental form required by social and psychological demands, Christopher Alexander 4.7. Retrospect and prospect, Lewis Mumford5. Life in the City of the FutureIntroduction, Andrew Blowers5.1. Future shock, Alvin Toffler5.2. The end of the city, Michael Davie5.3. The Dumills: Londoners 2000, Colin Leicester5.5. City, Clifford Simak5.6. Brave new world, Aldous Huxley5.7. The machine stops, E.M. Forster
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General Introduction, Philip Sarre and Andrew Blowers1. The future city as seen in the past Introduction, Philip Sarre 1.1. Utopian traditions and the planning of cities, Martin Meyerson 1.2 Utopia, Thomas More 1.3. An academy of projects, Jonathan Swift1.4. A contemporary city, Le Corbusier 1.5. City of the future, Frank Lloyd Wright 1.6. Social cities, Ebenezer Howard 2. Trends and constraints Introduction, Chris Hamnett 2.1. Some social trends, Peter Willmott 2.2. the future of the motor vehicle, Colin Buchanan 2.3. The impact of telecommunications on town planning, J.S. Whyte 2.4. The changing image of the city, Scott Greer 2.5. Resources and the economic framework, P.A. Stone 2.6. material resources, Richard Meier 2.7. Human needs, Barbara Ward and Rene Dubos 3. Future Urban Forms Introduction, Chris Hamnett 3.1 Megalopolis, Jean Gottomann 3.2. The urban field, John Friedmann and John Miller 3.3. homes beyond the fringe, Lionel March 3.4. The grid as generator, Sir Leslie Martin 3.5. The pattern of the metropolis, Kevin Lynch 4. Planning the Future City Introduction, Philip Sarre 4.1. Normative planning, Paul Davidoff 4.2. Permissive planning, Melvin Webber 4.3. The nature of the plan, Milton Keynes Development Corporation 4.4. Non-plan: an experiment in freedom, Reyner Banham, Paul Barker, Peter Hall and Cedric Price 4 .5. Creating a new social system, The Ecologist 4.6. Major changes in environmental form required by social and psychological demands, Christopher Alexander 4.7. Retrospect and prospect, Lewis Mumford5. Life in the City of the FutureIntroduction, Andrew Blowers5.1. Future shock, Alvin Toffler5.2. The end of the city, Michael Davie5.3. The Dumills: Londoners 2000, Colin Leicester5.5. City, Clifford Simak5.6. Brave new world, Aldous Huxley5.7. The machine stops, E.M. Forster

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