Cities of Tomorrow

An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design Since 1880

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Peter Hall

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Peter Hall’s seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Now comprehensively revised, the fourth edition offers a perceptive, critical, and global history of urban planning and design throughout the twentieth-century and beyond. A revised and updated edition of this classic text from one of the most notable figures in the field of urban planning and design Offers an incisive, insightful, and unrivalled critical history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the underlying socio-economic challenges and opportunities Comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new research published over the last decade Reviews the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth-century and beyond Draws on global examples throughout, and weaves the author’s own fascinating experiences into the text to illustrate this authoritative story of urban growth

Author Biography:

Peter Hall is Professor of Planning at the BartlettSchool of Planning at University College London. He is the authorof nearly 30 books in planning and related subjects, includingLondon 2000 (1963), The World Cities, third edition(1984), High Tech America (with Ann Markusen & AmyGlasmeier, 1986), Great Planning Disasters (1992), and Cities inCivilization (1999). He has been credited with the invention ofthe Enterprise Zone concept, which has been widely employed in theUSA and Europe. An advisor to governments and internationalagencies across the globe, Professor Hall is known throughout theworld for his contribution both to the theory and to the practiceof city and regional planning.

Release date NZ

May 30th, 2014

Author

Peter Hall

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

4th edition

Pages

640

Dimensions

170x244x32

ISBN-13

9781118456477

Product ID

21650457

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