Ward, stephen V.

Planning the twentieth - century city: the advanced capitalist world / Stephen V. Ward - West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. - x, 470 p.

Introduction --
Nineteenth-century antecedents --
The emergence of modern planning --
War, reconstruction, and depression I: the major traditions --
War, reconstruction, and depression II: the other traditions --
Reconstruction and modernisation I: the major traditions --
Reconstruction and modernisation II: the other traditions --
The zenith of modernisation and beyond I: the major traditions --
The zenith of modernisation and beyond II: the other traditions --
Globalisation, competitiveness, and sustainability I: the major traditions --
Globalisation, competitiveness, and sustainability II: the other traditions --
Conclusions.

This book uncovers the complex interplay of planning ideas and practices between local, national, and international levels throughout the past century.

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City planning --Case studies
Urban policy -- History -- 20th century.

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