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Dispersed City of the Plains (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R633
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Dispersed City of the Plains (Paperback, New): Harris Stone, Etc, Joan Stone, William Carswell

Dispersed City of the Plains (Paperback, New)

Harris Stone, Etc, Joan Stone, William Carswell

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"With Sao Paulo, Tokyo, New Delhi, Mexico City, and Teheran rapidly approaching densities that are environmentally and emotionally unfit for human habitation, the need for urban planning has never been more pressing. Dispersed City of the Plains inventively pumps fresh air into the debate about what constitutes city building at the end of the twentieth century. It is a book that not only questions authority but supplies an alternative vision."
"--James Stewart Polshek, FAIA, Polshek and Partners"

Stone argues that the formation of towns has been based largely on the play of economic forces, without sentiment or prior attachment to place. In envisioning humane and rational improvements, he suggests that older notions of settlement be left behind in order to come to terms with the unfolding realities of the dispersed city.

General

Imprint: Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 1998
First published: December 1998
Authors: Harris Stone • Etc • Joan Stone • William Carswell
Dimensions: 230 x 204 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-85345-993-4
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
LSN: 0-85345-993-2
Barcode: 9780853459934

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