French urbanism in foreign lands / Ambe J. Njoh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Njoh, Ambe J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization.

History.

City planning--Colonies.

City planning.

Colonies.

Administration.

France--Colonies--Administration--History.

France.

City planning--Colonies--France.

City planning--French influences.

Urbanization--France--History.

Sociology, Urban.

French colonies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 203 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, [2016]

Summary:

"This book will seek to close the gaps on the role of France in exporting Eurocentric spatial and environmental design principles and practice. It does so by analyzing the major spatial and physical development projects that French colonial authorities implemented in France's colonial empire and elsewhere from the 15th to the 20th century. French urban planning ideology, principles and practice were not exported exclusively to territories under French colonial suzerainty. Accordingly, the book focuses on major physical and spatial planning schemes inspired by French planning thought in territories without a history of French colonialism."--Back cover.

Contents:

Rationale for French colonial urbanism

French urbanism in North America

Latin America

French Caribbean territories

French urbanism in Indochina

French urbanism in the Middle East

French urbanism in North Africa

French urbanism in sub-Saharan Africa

Continuity and change in French international urbanism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Njoh, Ambe J. French urbanism in foreign lands.

ISBN:

3319252968

9783319252964

OCLC:

919479715