Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities

ISBN-13: 9780415280617 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 320 str.

David L. A. Gordon

Opis

The twentieth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of capital cities worldwide - in 1900 there were only about forty, but by 2000 there were more than two hundred. And this, surely, is reason enough for a book devoted to the planning and development of capital cities in the twentieth century. However, the focus here is not only on recently created capitals. Indeed, the case studies which make up the core of the book show that, while very different, the development of London or Rome presents as great a challenge to planners and politicians as the design and building of Brasilia or Chandigarh. Put simply, this book sets out to explore what makes capital cities different from other cities, why their planning is unique, and why there is such variety from one city to another. Sir Peter Hall's 'Seven Types of Capital City' and Lawrence Vale's 'The Urban Design of Twentieth Century Capital Cities' provide the setting for the fifteen case studies which follow - Paris, Moscow and St Petersburg, Helsinki, London, Tokyo, Washington, Canberra, Ottawa-Hull, Brasilia, New Delhi, Berlin, Rome, Chandigarh, Brussels, New York. To bring the book to a close Peter Hall looks to the future of capital cities in the twenty-first century. For anyone with an interest in urban planning and design, architectural, planning and urban history, urban geography, or simply capital cities and why they are what they are, Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities will be the key source book for a long time to come.

Spis treści

1. Capital Cities in the Twentieth Century  2. Seven Types of Capital City  3. The Urban Design of Twentieth Century Capitals  4. Paris: From the Legacy of Haussmann to the Pursuit of Cultural Supremacy  5. Moscow and St Petersburg: A Tale of Two Capitals  6. Helsinki: From Provincial to National Centre  7. London: The Contradictory Capital  8. Tokyo: Forged by Market Forces and Not the Power of Planning  9. Washington: The DC's History of Unresolved Planning Conflicts  10. Canberra: Where Landscape is Pre-Eminent  11. Ottawa-Hull: Lumber Town to National Capital  12. Brasília: A Capital in the Hinterland  13. New Delhi: Imperial Capital to Capital of the World's Largest Democracy  14. Berlin: Capital under Changing Political Regimes  15. Rome: Where Great Events not Regular Planning Bring Development  16. Chandigarh: India's Modernist Experiment  17. Brussels: Capital of Belgium and 'Capital of Europe'  18. New York City: Super-Capital – Not by Government Alone  19. What is the Future of Capital Cities?

O autorze

David Gordon is Associate Professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen’s University, Canada. He is the author of Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the New York Waterfront and numerous articles on plan implementation and Ottawa planning history. As a practitioner, Dr. Gordon shared the Canadian Institute of Planners National Award of Distinction in 1991 and 1992.