Building the Urban Environment: Visions of the Organic City in the United States, Europe, and Latin America
(Part of the Urban Life, Landscape, and Policy Series Series and Urban Life, Landscape, and Policy Series)
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Building the Urban Environment is a comparative study of the contestation among planners, policymakers, and the grassroots over the production and meaning of urban space. Award-winning historian Harold Platt presents case studies of seven cities, including Rotterdam, Chicago, and Sao Paulo, to show how, over time, urban life created hybrid spaces that transformed people, culture, and their environments. As Platt explains, during...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1439912378
ISBN13:9781439912379
Release Date:October 2015
Publisher:Temple University Press
Length:302 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 8.9"
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