Shaping the city
Subtitle: studies in history, theory and urban design
By: edited by Rodolphe El-Khoury and Edward Robbins.
Contributors: El-Khoury, Rodolphe.; Robbins, Edward, 1944-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York, NY 10001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: City planning -- Case studies; Metropolitan areas -- Case studies; Cities and towns -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies; Cities and towns -- History -- 21st century -- Case studies; Sociology, Urban
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Atlanta / Rem Koolhaas; title: Barcelona: rethinking urbanistic projects / Joan Busquets; title: Brasilia, scale and monumentality: Brasilia and other urban projects / Fares el-Dahdah; title: Detroit: motor city / Charles Waldheim; title: Los Angeles: between cognitive mapping and dirty realism / Paulette Singley; title: Philadelphia: the urban design of Philadelphia, taking the towne for the city / Richard Sommer; title: San Francisco: San Francisco in an age of reaction / Mitchell Schwarzer; title: Asia megacities / Richard Marshall; title: The new urbanist city / Edward Robbins; title: Cybercity / M. Christine Boyer.