City and the Super-Organism

A History of Naturalism in Urban Planning

AvMarco Amati

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

1 273 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Inbunden

1 273 kr

Beskrivning

Responding to the 19th century industrial revolution and 20th century modernism, the Second World War and mass motorisation, Dr Marco Amati shows how vitalism, eugenics, evolutionary theories and medical treatments were applied to understand cities and propose new urban forms.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-11-21
Mått:148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt:291 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789811639791

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Marco Amati teaches urban planning at the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include understanding urban planning history and mapping the benefits of urban forests.

Recensioner i media

“The book is overall a great tool to think about the complex narrative relationship between city planning and the sciences, its risks and potentials, which can inform today’s understanding of trends such as ‘urban acupuncture’ … .” (Margherita Tess, Urban Studies, Vol. 60 (6), 2023)

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue.- Introduction.- A city for ‘natural man’.- From an exterior to an interior urban gaze.- The vital city.- Evolving the city.- Urban social hygiene.- The city of organic regularity.- Planning natural communities with open space.- European medicine for American urbanism.- Conclusion: a renewed direction for naturalism in planning.