Origins of Modern Town Planning

Name: Origins of Modern Town Planning
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ISBN: 9780262520188

ISBN-10: 0262520184

ISBN-13: 9780262520188

Edition: N/A

Authors: Leonardo Benevolo

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Carefully documented and copiously illustrated, The Origins of Modern Town Planning delves into the social origins and history of town planning in nineteenth-century England and France. The touchstone of Benevolo's research is the relationship between town planning and politics. The twofold origin of the planning concept found expression in two schools of nineteenth-century thought: the Utopians -- Owen, Saint-Simon, Fourier -- and their active vision of the town as a self-sufficient, coherent organism are contrasted with the specialists and officials who endeavored to remedy each urban defect individually by introducing new health regulations and social legislation into already existing…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/15/1971
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 186
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Preface


The growth of the industrial town


Great expectations (1815-1848)



Nineteenth century Utopias


Owen and the English co-operative movement


The school of Saint-Simon


Fourier and his influence in Europe and America


Godin's Familistere


The egalitarian tradition and Cabet



The beginnings of town-planning legislation in England and France


1848 and its consequences


Index