Transatlantic Collapse of Urban Renewal - Postwar Urbanism From New York to Berlin

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Klemek is assistant professor in the Department of History at George Washington University. Klappentext Examines how postwar thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic considered urban landscapes radically changed by the political and physical realities of sprawl! urban decay! and urban renewal. The author traces changing responses to the challenging issues that most affected day-to-day life in the world's cities. Zusammenfassung Examines how postwar thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic considered urban landscapes radically changed by the political and physical realities of sprawl! urban decay! and urban renewal. The author traces changing responses to the challenging issues that most affected day-to-day life in the world's cities.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Klemek, Klemek Christopher
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.2012
• EAN: 9780226005959
• ISBN: 978-0-226-00595-9
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban America (CHUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Urban & municipal planning, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Urban and municipal planning and policy, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)