Sir Peter Hall: Pioneer in Regional Planning, Transport and Urban Geography

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Knowles, Richard D. (Editor), Rozenblat, Celine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, 52
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Popular Science in Geography.

This book sheds light on Sir Peter Hall’s visions and contributions as recalled by experts. Specialists from the fields of transport and geography testify to Sir Peter Hall’s enormous impact on urban planning, urban geography, and transport geography, and The IGU Commission on Transport and Geograph...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Sir Peter Hall, Pioneer in Regional Planning, Transport and Urban Geography
• A Polymath in City Studies
• Location and Innovation
• Transport and Place-making: A Long View
• The Strategic Planning Protagonist: Unveiling the Global Mega-City Region
• Creative Destruction, Long Waves and the Age of the Smart City
• The Visionary of World and European Cities
• Peter Hall’s Publication.