Big plans : the allure and folly of urban design / Kenneth Kolson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolson, Kenneth L., 1945-

Series:

Center books on contemporary landscape design.

Center books on contemporary landscape design

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns.

City planning.

Urban renewal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Inspired by the architectural and urban criticism of such writers as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and John Brinckerhoff Jackson, Kolson adopts a user's perspective on issues of urban design, an approach that highlights both the futility of social engineering and the resilience of the human spirit.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO TRAJAN'S FORUM; 2 THE ""HIDDEN CITIES"" OF ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA; 3 CLEVELAND AS CITY BEAUTIFUL; 4 UTOPIAN VISIONS ON THE CRABGRASS FRONTIER; 5 URBAN RENEWAL; 6 THE STRANGE CAREER OF ADVOCACY PLANNING; 7 TWO CHEERS FOR SPRAWL; 8 WHEN GOVERNMENT DARES TO DREAM; 9 THE BRITISH LIBRARY; 10 WITH ITS ""DOORS SET WIDE TO THE CITY""; 11 SIMCITY AND OUR TOWN; Notes; Select bibliography; IIlustration credits; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-7630-3

OCLC:

923191762