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Title Shaping the city : studies in history, theory and urban design / Edited by Rodolphe El-Khoury , Edward Robbins.

Imprint New York, NY 10001 : Routledge , 2003

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Location Call No. Status
 Female Library  HT166 S399 2003    Available
 Female Library  HT166 S399 2003 c.2  Available
 Female Library  HT166 S399 2003 c.3  Available
 Male Library  HT166 S399 2003    Available
Description vii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note Includes index, p.: [262]-270.
Bibliography Bibliography, p.: ([252]-261).
Contents Atlanta / Rem Koolhaas -- Barcelona: rethinking urbanistic projects / Joan Busquets -- Brasilia, scale and monumentality: Brasilia and other urban projects / Fares el-Dahdah -- Detroit: motor city / Charles Waldheim -- Los Angeles: between cognitive mapping and dirty realism / Paulette Singley -- Philadelphia: the urban design of Philadelphia, taking the towne for the city / Richard Sommer -- San Francisco: San Francisco in an age of reaction / Mitchell Schwarzer -- Asia megacities / Richard Marshall -- The new urbanist city / Edward Robbins -- Cybercity / M. Christine Boyer.
Subject City planning -- Case studties
Metropolitan areas -- Case studies
Cities and towns -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
Sociology, Urban
Added Author El-Khoury, Rodolphe
ISBN 0415261899 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0415261880 (hardcover : alk. paper)