Big plans
Subtitle: the allure and folly of urban design
By: Kenneth Kolson.
Series: Center books on contemporary landscape design
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Cities and towns.; City planning.; Urban renewal.
Description: "Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city - as expressed through visual images such as architectural drawings, three-dimensional models, maps, plats, and digitized computer images - tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life.

Kenneth Kolson takes a unique approach in his discussion of the part serendipity plays in the urban experience, even organizing his book in such a way as to help demonstrate the subrational dynamics of urban life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index.