Planning Europe's Capital Cities: Aspects Of Nineteenth-century Urban Development (planning, History And Environment Series)
by Thomas Hall /
1997 / English / PDF
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During the nineteenth century many of Europe's capital cities were
subject to major expansion and improvement schemes. From Vienna's
Ringstrasse to the boulevards of Paris, the townscapes which
emerged still shape today's cities and are an inalienable part of
European cultural heritage.
During the nineteenth century many of Europe's capital cities were
subject to major expansion and improvement schemes. From Vienna's
Ringstrasse to the boulevards of Paris, the townscapes which
emerged still shape today's cities and are an inalienable part of
European cultural heritage.
In
InPlanning Europe's Capital Cities
Planning Europe's Capital Cities, Thomas Hall examines
the planning process in fifteen of those cities and addresses the
following questions: when and why did planning begin, and what
problems was it meant to solve? who developed the projects, and
how, and who made the decisions? what urban ideas are expressed in
the projects? what were the legal consequences of the plans, and
how did they actually affect subsequent urban development in the
individual cities? what similarities or differences can be
identified between the various schemes? how have such schemes
affected the development of urban planning in general?
, Thomas Hall examines
the planning process in fifteen of those cities and addresses the
following questions: when and why did planning begin, and what
problems was it meant to solve? who developed the projects, and
how, and who made the decisions? what urban ideas are expressed in
the projects? what were the legal consequences of the plans, and
how did they actually affect subsequent urban development in the
individual cities? what similarities or differences can be
identified between the various schemes? how have such schemes
affected the development of urban planning in general?
His detailed analysis shows us that the capital city projects of
the nineteenth century were central to the evolution of modern
planning and of far greater impact and importance than the urban
theories and experiments of the Utopians.
His detailed analysis shows us that the capital city projects of
the nineteenth century were central to the evolution of modern
planning and of far greater impact and importance than the urban
theories and experiments of the Utopians.
