Fundamental Trends in City Development

• Main Author: Maciocco, Giovanni (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Urban and Landscape Perspectives
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Urban geography.; Architecture.; Landscape architecture.; City planning.; Environment.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Landscape Architecture.; Urbanism.; Environment, general.

Urban and Landscape Perspectives G. Maciocco Fundamental Trends in City Development What do phenomena like sprawl, "generic city" or urban segregation have in common with the concept of city? The question is not particularly easy. It is nevertheless the inquiry this book is based on, mainl...

Table of Contents:

• Three Categories of Utopia
• The Discomposed City
• The Generic City
• The Segregated City
• Reinventing the City.