This book reveals the complex interplay of planning ideas and practices between local, national and international levels throughout this century. The book moves

Arguing that planning in practice is far more complicated than historians usually depict, the authors examine closely the everyday social, political, economic,

The twentieth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of capital cities worldwide – in 1900 there were only about forty, but by 2000 there w

Suburban development is often considered synonymous with enhanced personal mobility, single-family housing, and life cycle homogeneity. According to this view,

Urban planning in today's world is inextricably linked to the processes of mass urbanization and modernization which have transformed our lives over the last hu