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Urban Planning and the Pursuit of Happiness
European Variations on a Universal Theme (18th-21st centuries)
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Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2011
About this book
Urban planning is not just about the shaping of floor spaces or building complexes. It also implies promises for a better life. The technological, artistic, political, and social visions of planners and their patrons are related, explicitly or otherwise, to the universal idea of a pursuit of happiness. This does not mean they always match the needs of the people concerned; the inhabitants’ actual usages and appropriations of urban spaces may even undermine their original conceptions. Both “pursuits”—by those in charge and by the users of urban planning projects—are tackled in this volume, which assembles a dozen case studies from various European countries from the Enlightenment to the present.
Author / Editor information
Arnold Bartetzky / Marc Schalenberg (eds.)
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
November 15, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9783868599015
Hardcover published on:
August 25, 2009
Hardcover ISBN:
9783868590203
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
224
eBook ISBN:
9783868599015
Hardcover ISBN:
9783868590203
Audience(s) for this book
Stadtsoziologen Stadtplaner Investoren Architekten
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