Reclaiming American cities : the struggle for people, place, and nature since 1900 / Rutherford H. Platt.

By:

Platt, Rutherford H

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.Description: xii, 298 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781625340504 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

307.760973 PLA 23 007537

Contents:

1.American Cities in 1900: A Patchwork of Silk and Rags 2.Competing Visions in the Progressive Era 3.The Central City Renewal Engine 4.The Suburban Sprawl Engine 5.Battling the Bulldozer: The Indiana Dunes and Other Sacred Places 6.Legacies of Sprawl: A Witch's Brew 7.Replanting Urbanism in the 1990's: A Garden of Acronyms 8.New Age "Central Parks": Two Grand Slams and a Single 9.Reclaiming Urban Waterways: One Stream at a Time 10.Humane Urbanism at Ground Level.

Summary: How American cities are becoming more pluralistic, green, and humane after a century of top-down urban policies

List(s) this item appears in: Urban Ecology (Exhibition)

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	307.760973 PLA 007537 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007537

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index.

1.American Cities in 1900: A Patchwork of Silk and Rags
2.Competing Visions in the Progressive Era
3.The Central City Renewal Engine
4.The Suburban Sprawl Engine
5.Battling the Bulldozer: The Indiana Dunes and Other Sacred Places
6.Legacies of Sprawl: A Witch's Brew
7.Replanting Urbanism in the 1990's: A Garden of Acronyms
8.New Age "Central Parks": Two Grand Slams and a Single
9.Reclaiming Urban Waterways: One Stream at a Time
10.Humane Urbanism at Ground Level.

How American cities are becoming more pluralistic, green, and humane after a century of top-down urban policies

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