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9780064302227

The Fractured Metropolis: Improving The New City, Restoring The Old City, Reshaping The Region

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    9780064302227

  • ISBN10:

    0064302229

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1996-09-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Targeted at architects, students, urban designers and planners, landscape architects, and city and regional officials,The Fractured Metropolisprovides a thorough analysis of not only cities but also the entire metropolitan region, considering how both are intrinsically linked and influence one other.

Author Biography

Jonathan Barnett, an urban designer and architect who has worked for cities throughout the United States, teaches architecture and urban design at City College.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Fractured Metropolis
1(14)
Part I: Improving the New City 15(78)
Accidental Cities or New Urban Centers
17(30)
Suburban Sprawl: Its Prevention and Cure
47(28)
Creating Communities
75(18)
Part II: Restoring the Old City 93(84)
How the Metropolis Split Apart
95(24)
The Entrepreneurial Center
119(26)
Bypassed Areas: The New Urban Frontier
145(16)
Restoring Communities
161(16)
Part III: Reshaping the Metropolitan Region 177(60)
The Changing Philosophy of Planning and Design
179(12)
The Elements of City Design
191(30)
A National Agenda for Action
221(16)
Suggestions for Additional Reading 237(5)
Illustration Credits 242(3)
Index 245

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