The City: Problems Of Planning
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
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What does it truly mean to build a city — and for whom? The City: Problems of Planning is a landmark anthology that confronts the complex, often contradictory forces shaping urban life in the modern era, gathering some of the most incisive thinkers of the 20th century to dissect the social, political, and spatial dimensions of the metropolis. The collection presents a rigorous multi-disciplinary argument: that urban planning is never merely a technical exercise, but a deeply political act, one that reflects — and reinforces — the values, inequalities, and ambitions of the societies that undertake it. Edited with scholarly precision and a keen awareness of real-world consequence, this Penguin anthology brings together essays and writings that illuminate the tension between the planner's ideal and the lived reality of city dwellers. It argues that the built environment is inseparable from questions of power, community, and human dignity. A seminal text for students of urban studies, architecture, sociology, and political science alike, it remains a searching and urgent reminder that the city is never finished — it is always, inevitably, a work in progress.
Author: M. Stewart (Editor)
Format: Paperback
Genre: Architecture
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it truly mean to build a city — and for whom? The City: Problems of Planning is a landmark anthology that confronts the complex, often contradictory forces shaping urban life in the modern era, gathering some of the most incisive thinkers of the 20th century to dissect the social, political, and spatial dimensions of the metropolis. The collection presents a rigorous multi-disciplinary argument: that urban planning is never merely a technical exercise, but a deeply political act, one that reflects — and reinforces — the values, inequalities, and ambitions of the societies that undertake it. Edited with scholarly precision and a keen awareness of real-world consequence, this Penguin anthology brings together essays and writings that illuminate the tension between the planner's ideal and the lived reality of city dwellers. It argues that the built environment is inseparable from questions of power, community, and human dignity. A seminal text for students of urban studies, architecture, sociology, and political science alike, it remains a searching and urgent reminder that the city is never finished — it is always, inevitably, a work in progress.