Author

Publication

2020 - Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780190944346
  • ISBN-10019094434X
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020016793
  • OCLC Control Number1151510300
  • Better World Books9780190944346
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Classifications

  • LCCHT166.A183 2020
  • LCCHT166 .A183 2020

Description

"City Planning: A Very Short Introduction gives an international overview of progress in city planning over the last century. City planning explores the tension between the idea of cities as individually held land-parcels and as representations of community and identity. It has inevitable political and ethical dimensions. Over time, cities have grown and merged, leading to larger-scale thinking about planning, but it remains a regional discipline. Part of city planning involves making cities more resilient to natural disasters and civil conflict. Data, technological developments, commerce, and efficient functioning are important, but human connection is necessary for cities to survive"--

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