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Peter Ekman

Timing the Future Metropolis - Foresight, Knowledge, and Doubt in America''s Postwar Urbanism

English · Hardback

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Description

"By focusing on one influential think tank, this book contributes to our understanding of postwar urban planning and reveals how committed planners and politicians are to its 'urban crisis' model of planning"-

List of contents

Urban Times

Centers and Their Edges

The Atmosphere and the Network

"Our Retrospection Will All Be to the Future"

"A Documented Experience"

Reoriented

The Belated City

"A Forward Signal"

About the author

Peter Ekman

Product details

Authors	Peter Ekman
Publisher	Cornell University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	15.11.2024

EAN	9781501778384
ISBN	978-1-5017-7838-4
No. of pages	277
Subjects	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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