The Fractured Metropolis: Improving The New City, Restoring The Old City, Reshaping The Region

ISBN-13: 9780064302227 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 260 str.

Jonathan Barnett

Opis

Targeted at architects, students, urban designers and planners, landscape architects, and city and regional officials, The Fractured Metropolis provides a thorough analysis of not only cities but also the entire metropolitan region, considering how both are intrinsically linked and influence one other.

Spis treści

Also by Jonathan Barnett -- Introduction: The Fractured Metropolis -- Improving the New City -- Accidental Cities or New Urban Centers -- Suburban Sprawl -- Creating Communities -- Restoring the Old City -- How the Metropolis Split Apart -- The Entrepreneurial Center -- Bypassed Areas: The New Urban Frontier -- Restoring Communities -- Reshaping the Metropolitan Region -- The Changing Philosophy of Planning and Design -- The Elements of City Design -- A National Agenda for Action -- Suggestions for Additional Reading -- Illustration Credits

O autorze

Jonathan Barnett