Urbanism

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Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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This book redresses the under-representation in existing English-language literature, of the global formation and development of global cities which have been informed by the diffusion of Western ideas and building principles beyond the Western world The modes of diffusion of ideas that shape planned environments, and the ways these ideas are realized, have been gaining prominence as subjects of study and discussion among planning historians and others. Recently, some researchers have begun to approach the relations between actors and stakeholders in the processes of planning diffusion in increasingly complex and ambiguous ways.The natives in developing countries, whether colonial or post-colonial, are now being recognized as full-fledged participants in the shaping of the built environment, with a variety of roles to play and means to play them, even if they frequently face many constraints to their actions. The specific traits of the indigenous are even in question: ultimately, who are the ‘locals’?The research presented here recognises the importance of both provider and recipient as essential and influential entities within this diffusion process.This book raises important conceptual questions as to the identities and roles of the actors involved and looks at the methodological implications for historians and the new challenges that arise from this questioning of a long-standing traditional view.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2003-06-24
Mått170 x 247 x 22 mm
Vikt680 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor400
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780470851609

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Preface viiIntroduction: Transporting Planning xiJOE NASR AND MERCEDES VOLAITChapter 1 Writing Transnational Planning Histories 1ANTHONY D. KINGPART 1 THE LATEST MODELS 15Chapter 2 Making Cairo Modern (1870–1950): Multiple Models for a ‘European-style’ Urbanism 17MERCEDES VOLAITChapter 3 The Transformation of Planning Ideas in Japan and its Colonies 51CAROLA HEINChapter 4 Learning from the US: the Americanisation of Western Urban Planning 83STEPHEN V. WARDPART 2 CITY-BUILDING, STATE-BUILDING AND NATION-BUILDING 107Chapter 5 Urbanism as Social Engineering in the Balkans: Reform Prospects and Implementation Problems inThessaloniki 109ALEXANDRA YEROLYMPOSChapter 6 From ‘Cosmopolitan Fantasies’ to ‘National Traditions’: Socialist Realism in East Berlin 128ROLAND W. STROBELChapter 7 The Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Heritage through Egyptian Eyes: The Case of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe 155ALAA EL-HABASHIPART 3 POWERFUL SUBJECTS 185Chapter 8 From Europe to Tripoli in Barbary, via Istanbul: Municipal Reforms in an Outpost of the OttomanEmpire around 1870 187NORA LAFIChapter 9 Beirut and the Étoile Area: An Exclusively French Project? 206MAY DAVIEChapter 10 Local Wishes and National Commands: Planning Continuity in French Provincial Towns in the 1940s 230JOE NASRPART 4 FOREIGN EXPERTS, LOCAL PROFESSIONALS 263Chapter 11 Foreign Hires: French Experts and the Urbanism of Buenos Aires, 1907–32 265ALICIA NOVICKChapter 12 Politics, Ideology and Professional Interests: Foreign versus Local Planners in Lebanon under President Chehab 290ERIC VERDEILChapter 13 Towards Global Human Settlements: Constantinos Doxiadis as Entrepreneur, Coalition-Builder and Visionary 316RAY BROMLEYContributors Biographies 341Index 345