New ideals in the planning of cities...
Nolen, John, (1869-1937.)

 

  • New ideals in the planning of cities, towns and villages[electronic resource] /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 711.4
    書名/作者: New ideals in the planning of cities, towns and villages/ John Nolen ; introduction by Bruce Stephenson.
    作者: Nolen, John,
    出版者: New York : : Routledge,, 2015.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xxviii, 140 p.) : : ill.
    附註: First published in 1919 by American City Bureau.
    標題: City planning.
    ISBN: 9781315753218 (e-book : PDF)
    ISBN: 9780415839280 (hardback)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: pt. 1. Replanning American cities -- pt. 2. Town and city planning.
    摘要、提要註: "John Nolen's New Ideals in the Planning of Cities, Towns, and Villages is the most thorough assessment of city planning written by an American practitioner before 1920. It records the interplay of urban reform in Europe and the United States, the rise of the planning expert, the design of new towns, and the technique for directing urban expansion on systematic lines. Most important, it documents the blueprint for investing the "peace dividend" of the Great War to make urban life "more fit for democracy". Written for men fighting to make the world safe for democracy, New Ideals revealed how the domestic part of the peace program could justify their sacrifice. The wartime housing initiative had improved the living conditions of industrial workers and the same public regulation and control of the layout and character of residential neighbourhoods could provide what "men of service expect to find on their return, a new and better type of workman's home." While New Ideals strained towards the utopian, experience tempered Nolen's expectations and the high aims of the book were not immediately realised in a post-war society seeking a return to pre-war normalcy. However in the last decade, Nolen's planned communities have been closely studied as the demand for pedestrian-oriented neighbourhoods set on sustainable lines has moved from novelty to policy. New Ideals is an important text not only for its design template, but also its aspirations. Nolen's call to "make cites that will serve the needs--physical, economic, and spiritual-- of all people" lays at the heart of the city planning profession and the lessons Nolen imparted inform a new generation planning cities to be both resilient and just"--
    電子資源: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315753218
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