European Planning History in the 20th Century
A Continent of Urban Planning
Max Welch Guerra editor Abdellah Abarkan editor María A Castrillo Romón editor Martin Pekár editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:11th Aug '22
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£135.00(9781032222264)
The history of Europe in the 20th century is closely tied to the history of urban planning. Social and economic progress but also the brute treatment of people and nature throughout Europe were possible due to the use of urban planning and the other levels of spatial planning. Thereby, planning has constituted itself in Europe as an international subject. Since its emergence, through intense exchange but also competition, despite country differences, planning has developed as a European field of practice and scientific discipline. Planning is here much more than the addition of individual histories; however, historiography has treated this history very selective regarding geography and content.
This book searches for an understanding of the historiography of planning in a European dimension. Scholars from Eastern and Western, Southern and Northern Europe address the issues of the public led production of city and the social functions of urban planning in capitalist and state-socialist countries. The examined examples include Poland and USSR, Czech Republic and Slovakia, UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal and Spain, Italy, and Sweden. The book will be of interest to students and scholars for Urbanism, Urban/Town Planning, Spatial Planning, Spatial Politics, Urban Development, Urban Policies, Planning History and European History of the 20th Century.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
"Simultaneously expansive and focused, evocative and rigorous, carefully attentive to the past and cautiously prescient about the future, this thoughtful selection of essays is an invaluable testimony to the potential of Planning History as a discipline at the service of an ever-changing and increasingly complex society.
Advancing along the trajectory defined by The Routledge Handbook of Planning History, this new publication is essential reading for everybody interested in the discipline."
Carmen D’ez Medina, University of Zaragoza, Spain
"This vibrant collection retrieves the variegated roots and functions that shaped planning in different European countries. Undoubtedly, researchers and students will draw on these studies for a long time to come."
Marco Cremaschi, Professor of Urbanism Sciences Po, Paris. PrŽsident, the French association of Planning School APERAU
"Bringing together international experts in the field, this volume gives powerful evidence that the history of urban planning in Europe can only be written by listening to a polyphony of voices rather than providing a monolithic image.
Avoiding the traps of focusing on the grand projects of famous urban planners the authors offer a comprehensive, critical overview of the discipline of planning in the 20th century. The volume gives visibility to the planning discourse in the former socialist countries as well, long neglected by urban historians, and emphasizes the political and social underpinnings of the production of urban form. The book is an essential resource for readers interested in the tasks and perspectives of urban planning."
Ákos Moravánszky, Professor Emeritus, Institut gta, ETH ZŸrich
"This rich compilation of studies brings to light the multifaceted nature of European urban planning practices across the continent, from Spain to Russia, from Sweden to Italy. Ranging from carefully designed in-depth case studies to thought-provoking theoretical observations the book provides an important addition to the dynamic field of urban history understood as an intersection of power, expertise and space."
Petr Roubal,Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
ISBN: 9781032222271
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 700g
282 pages