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Building of Cities Development and Conflict

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ISBN-10: 0801411025

ISBN-13: 9780801411021

Edition: 2013

Authors: Harvey H. Kaiser

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In this classic book that records a moment in the history of urban planning, the architect and city planner Harvey H. Kaiser examines the city-building process from the time when a proposal for urban development is first conceived to the early stages of construction. Lysander (near Syracuse) and Gananda and Riverton (both near Rochester). These were brand-new developments and municipalities, and thus quite different from other trends of suburbanization that attached development onto existing municipalities. Step by step, he describes what happened in each of these communities during the presentation of the initial proposal, how parties interacted with each other, and how the climate of the…    
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Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 3/31/1978
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.990

Harvey H. Kaiser is the President and founder of Harvey H. Kaiser Associates, Inc. (HHK), a consulting firm providing services in architecture, urban planning, and facilities management. He served for more than twenty years as a higher education administrator at Syracuse University, as a Senior Vice President and University Architect and as Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is the author of many books, including Great Camps of the Adirondacks and Landmarks in the Landscape .