Culture, urbanism and planning - Monclús, F. J. (Francisco Javier); Guàrdia i Bassols, Manuel, 1949- (Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2006)
Introduction / F. Javier Monclús and Manuel Guàrdia -- History builds the town : on the uses of history in twentieth-century city planning / Michael Hebbert and Wolfgang Sonne -- The cultural dimension of urban planning strategies : an historical perspective / Robert Freestone and Chris Gibson -- Speak, culture! : culture in planning's past, present, and future / Greg Young -- Capital cities and culture : evolution of twentieth-century capital city planning / David L.A. Gordon -- The power of anticipation : itinerant images of metropolitan futures : Buenos Aires, 1900-1920 / Margarita Gutman -- Words and history : controversies on urban heritage in Italy / Giorgio Piccinato -- Urban destruction or preservation? : conservation movement and planning in twentieth-century Scandinavian capitals / Laura Kolbe -- Planning the historic city : 1960s plans for Bath and York / John Pendelbury -- Multiple exposures or new cultural values? : European historical centres and recent immigration fluxes / Alessandro Scarnato -- New urbanism and planning history : back to the future / Christopher Silver -- Branding the city of culture : the death of city planning? / Graeme Evans -- International exhibitions and planning : hosting large-scale events as place promotion and as catalysts of urban regeneration / F. Javier Monclús -- Contemporary urban spectacularisation / Lilian Vaz and Paula Berenstein Jacques -- Culture, tradition and modernity in the Latin American city : some recent experiences / Roberto Segre -- 'Cities are fun!' : inventing and spreading the Baltimore model of cultural urbanism / Stephen V. Ward.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
Electronic reproduction. Santa Fe, Arg.: elibro, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to eLibro affiliated libraries.
Keywords: City planning -- History; City planning -- Social aspects; Cities and towns; Culture; Electronic books