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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Seminar on the International Comparative Study of Megalopolises [June 25-28, 1973 Tokyo, Japan
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Bibliographic Guide to Conference Publications
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Category : Congresses
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Vols. for 1975- include publications cataloged by the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library with additional entries from the Library of Congress MARC tapes.
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Category : Congresses
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Vols. for 1975- include publications cataloged by the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library with additional entries from the Library of Congress MARC tapes.
Subject Catalog of the Institute of Governmental Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies. Library
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Category : Public administration
Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Category : Public administration
Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Since Megalopolis
Author: Jean Gottman
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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In 1961 Jean Gottmann published his pioneering study of urban sprawl along the Boston-Washington corridor. The book's title soon became a household word, and its author gained worldwide acclaim for his insights into the dimensions of urbanism. Since writing Megalopolis, Gottmann has published more than eighty articles on the urban scene. Now, for the first time, the best of that work is available in a single volume. Since "Megalopolis" treats urban questions from the ancient and modern worlds alike. What can today's planners learn from the ancient Greek city of Miletus? What do the shape and placement of the world's capitals tell us about their function? How large can our cities grow before suffocating in slums, pollution, and crime? Gottmann offers a hard-headed argument on the economic value of city parks—and a utopian vision of Manhattan auto traffic speeding through subway tunnels. He examines Tanaka's Tokyo and Solomon's Jerusalem—and tells why the king's wisdom did not extend to urban planning. In an introductory essay new to this volume, Gottmann draws a lesson from an earlier megalopolis. "In antiquity," he writes, "a great city flourished for 600 years on the small and craggy island of Delos in the Aegean sea. When circumstances excluded it from the predominant networks, it fell into ruins. Now an archaeological museum, Delos reminds us that cities are human artifacts and exist by participating in systems of relationships, not just as eagle nests."
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In 1961 Jean Gottmann published his pioneering study of urban sprawl along the Boston-Washington corridor. The book's title soon became a household word, and its author gained worldwide acclaim for his insights into the dimensions of urbanism. Since writing Megalopolis, Gottmann has published more than eighty articles on the urban scene. Now, for the first time, the best of that work is available in a single volume. Since "Megalopolis" treats urban questions from the ancient and modern worlds alike. What can today's planners learn from the ancient Greek city of Miletus? What do the shape and placement of the world's capitals tell us about their function? How large can our cities grow before suffocating in slums, pollution, and crime? Gottmann offers a hard-headed argument on the economic value of city parks—and a utopian vision of Manhattan auto traffic speeding through subway tunnels. He examines Tanaka's Tokyo and Solomon's Jerusalem—and tells why the king's wisdom did not extend to urban planning. In an introductory essay new to this volume, Gottmann draws a lesson from an earlier megalopolis. "In antiquity," he writes, "a great city flourished for 600 years on the small and craggy island of Delos in the Aegean sea. When circumstances excluded it from the predominant networks, it fell into ruins. Now an archaeological museum, Delos reminds us that cities are human artifacts and exist by participating in systems of relationships, not just as eagle nests."
The Coming of the Transactional City
Author: Jean Gottmann
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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"In March 1982 Jean Gottmann was named the first Wilson H. Elkins Professor at the University of Maryland. This volume contains the texts of the five lectures and colloquia given by Professor Gottmann"--Back cover.
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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"In March 1982 Jean Gottmann was named the first Wilson H. Elkins Professor at the University of Maryland. This volume contains the texts of the five lectures and colloquia given by Professor Gottmann"--Back cover.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Area Development in Japan
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of Congress
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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