Author: Hall Peter
Place: UK
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
Year: 2014
Pages: 624
ISBN: 978-1-118-45647-7
Source: Print
Subject: Urbanisation
Sub-Subject: Urban Planning
Keyword: Urban Planning
Shelf: C6R4
Accession No: B1387
Contents: List of Figures Preface to the Fourth Edition Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the First Edition 1- Cities of Imagination: Alternative Visions of the Good City, 1880-1987 2- The City of Dreadful Night: Reactions to the Nineteenth-Century Slum City: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1880-1900 3- The City of By-Pass Variegated: The Mass Transit Suburbs: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900-1940 4- The City in the Garden: The Garden-City Solution: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, 1900-1940 5- The City in the Region: The Birth of Regional Planning: Edinburgh, New York, London, 1900-1940 6- The City of Monuments: The City Beautiful Movement: Chicago, New Delhi, Berlin, Moscow, 1900-1945 7- The City of Towers: The Corbusian Radiant City: Paris, Chandigarh, Brasilia, London, St Louis, 1920-1970 8- The City of Sweat Equity: The Autonomous Community: Edinburgh, Indore, Lima, Berkeley, Macclesfield, 1890-1987 9- The City on the Highway: The Automobile Suburb: Long Island, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Paris, 1955-1987 10- The City of Theory: Planning and the Academy: Philadelphia, Manchester, California, Paris, 1955-1987 11- The City of Enterprise: Planning Turned Upside Down: Baltimore, Hong Kong, London, 1975-2000 12- The City of the Tarnished Belle Epoque: Infocities and Informationless Ghettos: New York, London, Tokyo, 1990-2010 13- The City of the Permanent Underclass: The Enduring Slum: Chicago, St Louis, London, 1920-2011 Bibliography Index
Abstract: *Cities of Tomorrow* offers a detailed historical and theoretical study of urban planning from the late 19th to the early 21st century. Focusing on global developments with particular emphasis on the United Kingdom—especially London, Edinburgh, and Macclesfield—the book explores evolving visions of the ideal city in response to industrialization, poverty, and policy change. It examines diverse planning models, from garden cities to automobile suburbs, and critiques both utopian ideals and real-world outcomes. Key themes include centralized vs. grassroots planning, academic influence, and persistent inequality. Updated through 2011, the book provides valuable insight into the forces shaping modern urban environments.