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082	0	4	_a307.1216 _bPLA
245	0	0	_aPlanning twentieth century capital cities
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2006
300			_a302 p. ;
490	1		_aPlanning, history and environment series.
500			_aHardcover.
520			_aThe twentieth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of capital cities worldwide – in 1900 there were only about forty, but by 2000 there were more than two hundred. And this, surely, is reason enough for a book devoted to the planning and development of capital cities in the twentieth century. However, the focus here is not only on recently created capitals. Indeed, the case studies which make up the core of the book show that, while very different, the development of London or Rome presents as great a challenge to planners and politicians as the design and building of Brasília or Chandigarh. Put simply, this book sets out to explore what makes capital cities different from other cities, why their planning is unique, and why there is such variety from one city to another. Sir Peter Hall’s ‘Seven Types of Capital City’ and Lawrence Vale’s ‘The Urban Design of Twentieth Century Capital Cities’ provide the setting for the fifteen case studies which follow – Paris, Moscow and St Petersburg, Helsinki, London, Tokyo, Washington, Canberra, Ottawa-Hull, Brasília, New Delhi, Berlin, Rome, Chandigarh, Brussels, New York. To bring the book to a close Peter Hall looks to the future of capital cities in the twenty-first century. For anyone with an interest in urban planning and design, architectural, planning and urban history, urban geography, or simply capital cities and why they are what they are, Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities will be the key source book for a l
650			_aGeography. 4 _aCity planning - Cross- _9252325
650			_aArchitecture. 4 _aPolitics _9252326
650			_aARCHITECTURE / Urban & L _9252327
650			_aPlanning. 4 _aPolitical Science / Public Policy / City Planning & U _9252328
650			_aPublic Policy - City Plan _9252329
650			_aScience / Earth Scie _9252330
650			_aCity planning. 4 _aCross- _9252331
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