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Making of the Urban Landscape

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Informationen zum Autor J. W. R. Whitehand graduated and later gained his PhD and DSc at the University of Reading. He has held lecturing appointments at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Glasgow, and is currently Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Birmingham. His previous books include The changing Face of Cities . Klappentext Urban landscapes are an important part of the daily lives of most of the population of the western world. Buildings, streets, gardens and parks are a fundamental means by which we orientate ourselves within cities, and contribute significantly to our daily levels of efficiency and well-being (or lack of them). The creation and maintenance of the urban environment accounts for a sizeable proportion of public and private expenditure. Yet despite the controversy surrounding a few special places, the people and forces responsible for shaping ordinary town and city landscapes have rarely been systematically investigated and are poorly understood. By viewing urban landscapes in relation to the individuals and organizations responsible for their creation, this book supplies a crucial missing dimension to urban landscape history and a sharp insight into the dynamics of contemporary urban change. Zusammenfassung By viewing urban landscapes in relation to the individuals and organizations responsible for their creation! this book aims to proveide a crucial missing dimension to urban landscape history and an insight into the dynamics of contemporary urban change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Commercial Cores. 3. Institutional and Public Areas. 4. Residential Areas. 5. Urban Landscape Management. 6. Conclusion. References. Index.

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Authors J. W. Whitehand, J. W. R. Whitehand, J. W. R. (University of Birmingham) Whitehand, Jwr Whitehand
Publisher Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 09.09.1993
 
EAN 9780631191988
ISBN 978-0-631-19198-8
No. of pages 252
Series Institute of British Geographers Special Publications
Institute of British Geographers Special Publication
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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