Title: Planning Paris before Haussmann
First published: 2004
Description: "Historian Nicholas Papayanis examines the emergence and evolution of modern urban planning in Paris between the end of the eighteenth and the middle of the nineteenth century, focusing on the principles and concerns that informed competing plans for the city." "Planning Paris before Haussmann uncovers the intellectual ferment about city planning and urban reform that constituted a powerful intellectual and theoretical foundation for Haussmannization and for modern urban planning."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History, City planning, Urban renewal, Haussmann, georges eugene, baron, 1809-1891, City planning, france, Paris (france), history
Places: Paris, France, Paris (France)
People: Georges Eugène Haussmann baron (1809-1891)
LC classification: DC723 .P28 2004