Planning Europe's Capital Cities

Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Urban Development

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Landscape, Planning
Cover of the book Planning Europe's Capital Cities by Thomas Hall, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Thomas Hall ISBN: 9781135829025
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 16, 2003
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Thomas Hall
ISBN: 9781135829025
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 16, 2003
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

During the nineteenth century many of Europe's capital cities were subject to major expansion and improvement schemes. From Vienna's Ringstrasse to the boulevards of Paris, the townscapes which emerged still shape today's cities and are an inalienable part of European cultural heritage.
In Planning Europe's Capital Cities, Thomas Hall examines the planning process in fifteen of those cities and addresses the following questions: when and why did planning begin, and what problems was it meant to solve? who developed the projects, and how, and who made the decisions? what urban ideas are expressed in the projects? what were the legal consequences of the plans, and how did they actually affect subsequent urban development in the individual cities? what similarities or differences can be identified between the various schemes? how have such schemes affected the development of urban planning in general?
His detailed analysis shows us that the capital city projects of the nineteenth century were central to the evolution of modern planning and of far greater impact and importance than the urban theories and experiments of the Utopians.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

During the nineteenth century many of Europe's capital cities were subject to major expansion and improvement schemes. From Vienna's Ringstrasse to the boulevards of Paris, the townscapes which emerged still shape today's cities and are an inalienable part of European cultural heritage.
In Planning Europe's Capital Cities, Thomas Hall examines the planning process in fifteen of those cities and addresses the following questions: when and why did planning begin, and what problems was it meant to solve? who developed the projects, and how, and who made the decisions? what urban ideas are expressed in the projects? what were the legal consequences of the plans, and how did they actually affect subsequent urban development in the individual cities? what similarities or differences can be identified between the various schemes? how have such schemes affected the development of urban planning in general?
His detailed analysis shows us that the capital city projects of the nineteenth century were central to the evolution of modern planning and of far greater impact and importance than the urban theories and experiments of the Utopians.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Cost-Benefit Analysis by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book Economics, Philosophy and Physics by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book Ben-Gurion Against the Knesset by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book Television by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book Lacan and the Political by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book From Lexington to Baghdad and Beyond by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book Coleridge and the Abyssinian Maid by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book Europe by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book Housing and Social Theory by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book The French Wars of Religion 1559-1598 by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book The Czech Republic by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book Gendered Pathologies by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book British Sign Language by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book Hustlers, Beats, and Others by Thomas Hall
Cover of the book The Economics of Alfred Marshall (Routledge Revivals) by Thomas Hall
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy