| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 415 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
1. Hybrid planning cultures : and the search for the global cultural commons / Bishwapriya Sanyal -- 2. Planning cultures in transition / John Friedmann -- 3. Space of flows, space of places : materials for a theory of urbanism in the information age / Manuel Castells -- 4. Planning culture in Iran : centralization and decentralization and local governance in the twentieth century (the case for uban management and planning) / Kian Tajbakhsh -- 5. Modernity confronts tradition : the professional planner and local corporatism in the rebuilding of China's cities / Michael Leaf -- 6. Planning cultures in two Chinese transitional cities : Hong Kong and Shenzhen / Mee Kam Ng -- 7. Understanding planning cultures: the Kolkata paradox / Tridip Banerjee -- 8. Does planning culture matter? : Dutch and American models in Indonesian urban transformations / Robert Cowherd -- 9. Contending planning cultures and the urban built environment in Mexico City / Diane E. Davis -- 10. The developmental state and the extreme narrowness of the public realm : the 20th century evolution of Japanese planning culture / André Soreneon -- 11. The nature of difference : traditions of law and government and their effects on planning in Britain and France / Philip Booth -- 12. The Netherlands : a culture with a soft spot for planning / Andreas Faludi -- 13. Picking the paradoxes : an historical anatomy of Australian planning cultures / Leonie Sandercock -- 14. U.S. planning culture under pressure : major elements endure and flourish in the face of crises / Eugenie L. Birch |
| Summary |
Annotation Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban planning across the world and in different cultures |
| Notes |
Papers submitted to a semester-long symposium organized by the editor at MIT in Spring 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-401) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Regional planning -- Cross-cultural studies
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City planning -- Cross-cultural studies
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Social policy -- Cross-cultural studies
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Central planning -- Cross-cultural studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
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Central planning
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City planning
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Regional planning
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Social policy
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Stadtplanung
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Kulturvergleich
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Ruimtelijke ordening.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sanyal, Bishwapriya
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| LC no. |
2004027389 |
| ISBN |
9781136794582 |
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1136794581 |
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0203826507 |
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9780203826508 |
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1283843501 |
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9781283843508 |
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0415951348 |
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9780415951340 |
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0429238789 |
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9780429238789 |
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1136794573 |
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9781136794575 |
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