The physical city
Subtitle: public space and the infrastructure
By: edited with introductions by Neil Larry Shumsky.
Contributors: Shumsky, Neil L., 1944-
Series: American cities ;; v. 2
Publisher: Garland Pub.; Routledge
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: City planning -- United States -- History.; Public spaces -- United States -- History.
Description: For many Americans cities have represented, more than anything else, physical environments that can be manipulated, shaped, or controlled. More important, however, has been the belief that such control in designing and molding the physical structure of cities will subsequently affect urban social, cultural, economic, and political life. With that belief in mind, Americans began trying to "manage" or plan their cities as early as the late 1830s and 1840s. Although these first steps were slow and halting, they charted a path whose direction has rarely varied. -- Introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.