Havana : two faces of the Antillean metropolis / Joseph L. Scarpaci, Roberto Segre, Mario Coyula ; foreword by Andres Duany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scarpaci, Joseph L.

Contributor:

Segre, Roberto, 1934-2013.

Coyula, Mario.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Cuba--Havana--History.

Urbanization.

City planning--Cuba--Havana--History.

City planning.

History.

Havana (Cuba)--Economic conditions.

Havana (Cuba).

Havana (Cuba)--Social conditions.

Cuba--Havana.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 437 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

Summary:

An international trio of architects and planners offer a rich profile of one of the world's most celebrated cities. Tracing nearly 500 years of development in Havana, the authors assess the city's historic and modern architecture, its social and economic fabric, its diverse people and its contemporary challenges.

Contents:

History, geography, and society

The first half century : the rise of an Antillean metropolis

The Havana of January

Socialist Havana : planning, dreams, and reality

City government and administration : old and new actors

The hope and reality of socialist housing

The changing nature of the economy

The value of social functions

Habana vieja : pearl of the Caribbean

Havana's future : risks and opportunities.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Havana : two faces of the Antillean metropolis / Roberto Segre, Mario Coyula, and Joseph L. Scarpaci. Rev. ed. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-407) and index.

Related Work:

Segre, Roberto, 1934-2013. Havana.

ISBN:

0807827002

0807853690

OCLC:

48876517