Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities

David L.A. Gordon - Collection Planning, History and Environment

310 pages, parution le 11/04/2006

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Résumé

The twentieth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of capital cities worldwide - in 1900 there were only about forty, but by 2000 there were more than two hundred. And this, surely, is reason enough for a book devoted to the planning and development of capital cities in the twentieth century.

However, the focus here is not only on recently created capitals. Indeed, the case studies which make up the core of the book show that, while very different, the development of London or Rome presents as great a challenge to planners and politicians as the design and building of Brasília or Chandigarh. Put simply, this book sets out to explore what makes capital cities different from other cities, why their planning is unique, and why there is such variety from one city to another.

Sir Peter Hall's 'Seven Types of Capital City' and Lawrence Vale's 'The Urban Design of Twentieth Century Capital Cities' provide the setting for the fifteen case studies which follow - Paris, Moscow and St Petersburg, Helsinki, London, Tokyo, Washington, Canberra, Ottawa-Hull, Brasília, New Delhi, Berlin, Rome, Chandigarh, Brussels, New York. To bring the book to a close Peter Hall looks to the future of capital cities in the twenty-first century.

For anyone with an interest in urban planning and design, architectural, planning and urban history, urban geography, or simply capital cities and why they are what they are, Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities will be the key source book for a long time to come.

Sommaire

Capital Cities in the Twentieth Century
Seven Types of Capital City
The Urban Design of Twentieth Century Capitals
Paris: From the Legacy of Haussmann to the Pursuit of Cultural Supremacy
Moscow and St Petersburg: A Tale of Two Capitals
Helsinki: From Provincial to National Centre
London: The Contradictory Capital
Tokyo: Forged by Market Forces and Not the Power of Planning
Washington: The DC's History of Unresolved Planning Conflicts
Canberra: Where Landscape is Pre-Eminent
Ottawa-Hull: Lumber Town to National Capital
Brasília: A Capital in the Hinterland
New Delhi: Imperial Capital to Capital of the World's Largest Democracy
Berlin: Capital under Changing Political Regimes
Rome: Where Great Events not Regular Planning Bring Development
Chandigarh: India's Modernist Experiment
Brussels: Capital of Belgium and 'Capital of Europe'
New York City: Super-Capital - Not by Government Alone
What is the Future of Capital Cities?

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	David L.A. Gordon
Collection	Planning, History and Environment
Parution	11/04/2006
Nb. de pages	310
Format	19,5 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	760g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415280617
ISBN13	978-0-415-28061-7