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- Richly illustrated book with more than 400 historical maps and photos of cities around the world
- Provides an overview of the urbanism legacy through an analysis of movements and projects that have shaped the subject in the last ten years
- Presents case studies and comparative research to illustrate chapter topics
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Urban Cultures and Traditions
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Other Urbanisms and Urban Projects
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New Strategies and Urban Planning
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About this book
This book is a useful reference in the field of urbanism. It explains how the contemporary city and landscape have been shaped by certain twentieth century visions that have carried over into the twenty-first century. Aimed at both students and professionals, this collection of essays on diverse subjects and cases does not attempt to establish universal interpretations; it rather highlights some outstanding episodes that help us understand why the planning culture has given way to other forms of urbanism, from urban design to strategic urbanism or landscape urbanism. Compared with global interpretations of urbanism based on socioeconomic history or architectural historiography, Urban Visions. From Planning Culture to Landscape Urbanism, aims to present the discipline couched in international contemporary debate and adopt a historic and comparative perspective. The book’s contents pertain equally to other related disciplines, such as architecture, urban history, urban design,
landscape architecture and geography.Foreword by Rafael Moneo.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Carmen Díez Medina, Javier Monclús
About the editors
Javier
Monclús, Degree in Architecture and Ph.D. from the Catalonia Polytechnic University (ETSAB, UPC), 1977. Full Professor of Urbanism at the School of Engineering and Architecture (EINA), University of Zaragoza (Spain), where he has been Chair of the Department of Architecture (2009-2016) and is currently Director of the Master Degree in Architecture. He was Professor of Urbanism at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona (1980-2005). Director of the research group PUPC (Urban Landscapes and Contemporary Project:). He has published widely on Planning, Urban Design and Urban Planning History. He is member of the Editorial Board of Planning Perspectives and Director of Zarch, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism.He worked as a planner (2005-2009) and head of the Expo Accompanying Plan of the Zaragoza Expo 2008 and as a consultant in Barcelona and Zaragoza.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Urban Visions
Book Subtitle: From Planning Culture to Landscape Urbanism
Editors: Carmen Díez Medina, Javier Monclús
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59047-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59046-2Published: 12 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09637-3Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59047-9Published: 23 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 354
Number of Illustrations: 93 b/w illustrations, 192 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Urban History, Urban Studies/Sociology