The Nature of Cities - 9780801891366
Un libro in lingua di Light Jennifer S. edito da Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2009
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In the early twentieth century, America was transformed from a predominantly agricultural nation to one whose population resided mostly in cities. Yet rural areas continued to hold favored status in the country's political life.
For prominent figures in the social sciences, city planning, and real estate who were anxious about the future of cities, this obsession with the agrarian past inspired a new campaign for urban reform. They called for ongoing programs of natural resource management to be extended to maintain and improve cities.
Jennifer S. Light finds in the rise and fall of the American conservation movement a new understanding of the history of urban renewal in the United States. The professionals Light examines came to view America's urban landscapes as ecological communities requiring scientific management on par with forests and farms. The Nature of Cities brings together environmental and urban history to reveal how, over four decades, this ecological vision shaped the development of cities around the nation.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Nature of Cities
- Sottotitolo: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Light Jennifer S.
- Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
- Collana: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 28 Aprile '09
- Genere: POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Urban renewal United States History 20th century Conservation of natural resources United States History 20th century Social sciences United States History 20th century
- Pagine: 310
- Peso gr: 588
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 165 x 38
- ISBN-10: 0801891361
- EAN-13: 9780801891366