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In the preface to The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James suggested that ' t]he house of fiction has ... not one window, but a million... At each of them stands a figure with a pair of eyes ... He and his neighbours are watching the same show, but one seeing more where the other sees less, one seeing black where the other sees white, one seeing big where the other sees small, one seeing coarse where the other sees fine. And so on...' Opening new windows by taking a fresh look at the complex realities in which architecture, planning and urban politics operate, has had dramatic consequences...

Windows Upon Planning History delves into a wide range of perspectives on urbanism from Europe, Australia and the USA to investigate the effects of changing perceptions and different ways of seeing cities and urban regions. Fischer, Altrock and a team of 13 distinguished authors examine how and why the ideologies and the processes of city making changed in modern and post-modern times. Illustrated with over 45 images, the themes addressed in the book range from the changing outlook on Berlin's historic apartment districts and their demolition, salvation and gentrification to how planning...