Urban Planning and the Pursuit of Happiness : European Variations on a Universal Theme (18th-21st centuries)
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
386859020X
ISBN-13
9783868590203
Publisher
JOVIS Verlag
Imprint
JOVIS Verlag
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 25th, 2009
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
700 grams
Product Classification:
City & town planning - architectural aspects
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Urban planning is not just about the shaping of floor spaces or building complexes. It also implies promises for a better life. This title tackles both 'pursuits' - by those in charge and by the users of urban planning projects - assembling a dozen case studies from various European countries from the Enlightenment to the present.
Urban planning is not just about the shaping of floor spaces or building complexes. It also implies promises for a better life. The technological, artistic, political, and social visions of planners and their patrons are related, explicitly or otherwise, to the universal idea of a pursuit of happiness. This does not mean they always match the needs of the people concerned; the inhabitants’ actual usages and appropriations of urban spaces may even undermine their original conceptions. Both “pursuits”—by those in charge and by the users of urban planning projects—are tackled in this volume, which assembles a dozen case studies from various European countries from the Enlightenment to the present.
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