The nature of cities
Subtitle: ecological visions and the American urban professions, 1920-1960
By: Jennifer S. Light.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801891366
Subjects: City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Illinois -- Chicago; Urban ecology -- Illinois -- Chicago; Urban renewal -- Illinois -- Chicago
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the nature of cities; title: The city is an ecological community; title: The city is a national resource; title: A life cycle plan for Chicago; title: From natural law to state law; title: A nation of renewable cities; title: Conclusion : from ecology to system.