Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950

Short, John R. (Autor:in) / Short, John R.

Space, place, and society

1. ed

2006

XVI, 293 S.

25cm
graph. Darst., Kt.
The rise of metropolitan America -- Urban renewal: "we must start all over again from the ground up" -- Stimulating suburbs, starving cities: "I should prefer to see the ash heaps" -- Robert Moses versus Jane Jacobs: "hack your way with a meat ax" -- Downtown: "the heart that pumps the blood of commerce" -- Creating a suburban society: "a landscape of scary places" -- New suburban realities: "trouble in paradise" -- Metropolitan fragmentation: "obsolescent structure of urban government" -- Urban economies: "all that is solid melts into air" -- Race and ethnicity: "e pluribus unum" -- Housing and the city: "shaky palaces" -- Politics and the city: "informal arrangements-- formal workings" -- Reimagining the city: "place wars" -- Civic engagement in the city: "civic spirit" -- Emerging trends. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index

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USA , Stadtplanung , Geschichte 1950-2006 City planning

BKL:  74.72 Stadtplanung, kommunale Planung / 74.25 Nordamerika
DDC:  307.121609730904 / 307.1/21609730904
RVK:  MS 1780