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| List of plates | |
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| List of contributors | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Prologue | |
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| The Evolution of Cities | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "The Urbanization of the Human Population | |
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| "The Urban Revolution" | |
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| "The Polis" | |
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| First-Person Accounts of Great Cities of the Medieval and Early Modern World | |
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| "The Great Towns" | |
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| "The Drive-in Culture of Contemporary America" | |
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| "Beyond Suburbia: The Rise of the Technoburb" | |
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| Plate Section: The Evolution of Cities | |
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| Urban Culture and Society | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "What is a City?" | |
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| "Urbanism as a Way of Life" | |
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| "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety" | |
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| "The Negroe Problems of Philadelphia," "The Question of Earning a Living," and "Color Prejudice" | |
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| "From Institutional to Jobless Ghettos" | |
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| "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital" | |
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| "The Creative Class" | |
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| "The Occidental City" | |
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| "Visions of a New Reality: The City and the Emergence of Modern Visual Culture" | |
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| Plate Section: Visions of a New Reality | |
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| Urban Space | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" | |
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| "Social Exclusion and Space" | |
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| "Taking Los Angeles Apart: Towards a Postmodern Geography" | |
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| "Fortress L.A." | |
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| "The Almost Perfect Town" | |
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| "The Neighborhood, the District, and the Corridor | |
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| "The Impact of the New Technologies and Globalization on Cities" | |
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| Urban Politics, Governance, and Economics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| First-Person Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Political Bosses and Machines | |
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| "Contested Cities: Social Process and Spatial Form" | |
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| "A Ladder of Citizen Participation" | |
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| "The Need for a New Vision for the Development of Large U.S. Metropolitan Areas" | |
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| "Broken Windows" | |
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| "The City as a Distorted Price System" | |
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| "The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City" | |
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| "Fiscal Equity" | |
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| Plate Section: Social and Symbolic Uses of Urban Space | |
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| Urban Planning History and Visions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" | |
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| "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet" | |
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| "A Contemporary City" | |
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| "Broadcare City: A New Community Plan" | |
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| "Towards Sustainable Development" | |
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| "Designing the Region" and "Designing the Region is Designing the Neighborhood" | |
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| Urban Planning Theory and Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "The City of Theory" | |
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| "Twentieth Century Land Use Planning: A Stalwart Family Tree" | |
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| "Planning in the Face of Conflict" | |
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| "Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning" | |
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| "Planning for Sustainability in European Cities: A Review of Practice in Leading Cities" | |
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| Plate Section: Urban Planning | |
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| Perspectives on Urban Design | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "Author's Introduction," "The Relationship Between Buildings, Monuments, and Public Squares," and "The Enclosed Character of the Public Square" | |
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| "The City Image and its Elements" | |
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| "The Design of Spaces" | |
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| "Towards an Urban Design Manifesto" | |
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| The Future of the City | |
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| Introduction | |
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| "The Post-City Age" | |
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| "European Cities, the Informational Society, and the Global Economy" | |
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| "The Emergence of Mega-Urban Regions in Asia" | |
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| "Planning Sustainable and Livable Cities" | |
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| "The Teleserviced City" | |
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| "The Urban Future" | |
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| Epilogue: Urban Studies and planning | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Illustration credits | |
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| Copyright information | |
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| Index | |