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Urbanism
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Joe Nasr (Edited by), J Nasr (Author), Mercedes Volait (Edited by)
9780470851609, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 24 June 2003
400 pages
24.7 x 17 x 2.2 cm, 0.68 kg
“…an interesting read…well worth reading about…” (Building Engineer, January 04)
This book redresses the under-representation in existing English-language literature, of the global formation and development of global cities which have been informed by the diffusion of Western ideas and building principles beyond the Western world The modes of diffusion of ideas that shape planned environments, and the ways these ideas are realized, have been gaining prominence as subjects of study and discussion among planning historians and others. Recently, some researchers have begun to approach the relations between actors and stakeholders in the processes of planning diffusion in increasingly complex and ambiguous ways. The natives in developing countries, whether colonial or post-colonial, are now being recognized as full-fledged participants in the shaping of the built environment, with a variety of roles to play and means to play them, even if they frequently face many constraints to their actions. The specific traits of the indigenous are even in question: ultimately, who are the ‘locals’? The research presented here recognises the importance of both provider and recipient as essential and influential entities within this diffusion process. This book raises important conceptual questions as to the identities and roles of the actors involved and looks at the methodological implications for historians and the new challenges that arise from this questioning of a long-standing traditional view.
Preface vii Introduction: Transporting Planning xi Chapter 1 Writing Transnational Planning Histories 1 PART 1 THE LATEST MODELS 15 Chapter 2 Making Cairo Modern (1870–1950): Multiple Models for a ‘European-style’ Urbanism 17 Chapter 3 The Transformation of Planning Ideas in Japan and its Colonies 51 Chapter 4 Learning from the US: the Americanisation of Western Urban Planning 83 PART 2 CITY-BUILDING, STATE-BUILDING AND NATION-BUILDING 107 Chapter 5 Urbanism as Social Engineering in the Balkans: Reform Prospects and Implementation Problems in Chapter 6 From ‘Cosmopolitan Fantasies’ to ‘National Traditions’: Socialist Realism in East Berlin 128 Chapter 7 The Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Heritage through Egyptian Eyes: The Case of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe 155 PART 3 POWERFUL SUBJECTS 185 Chapter 8 From Europe to Tripoli in Barbary, via Istanbul: Municipal Reforms in an Outpost of the Ottoman Chapter 9 Beirut and the Étoile Area: An Exclusively French Project? 206 Chapter 10 Local Wishes and National Commands: Planning Continuity in French Provincial Towns in the 1940s 230 PART 4 FOREIGN EXPERTS, LOCAL PROFESSIONALS 263 Chapter 11 Foreign Hires: French Experts and the Urbanism of Buenos Aires, 1907–32 265 Chapter 12 Politics, Ideology and Professional Interests: Foreign versus Local Planners in Lebanon under President Chehab 290 Chapter 13 Towards Global Human Settlements: Constantinos Doxiadis as Entrepreneur, Coalition-Builder and Visionary 316 Contributors Biographies 341 Index 345
JOE NASR AND MERCEDES VOLAIT
ANTHONY D. KING
MERCEDES VOLAIT
CAROLA HEIN
STEPHEN V. WARD
Thessaloniki 109
ALEXANDRA YEROLYMPOS
ROLAND W. STROBEL
ALAA EL-HABASHI
Empire around 1870 187
NORA LAFI
MAY DAVIE
JOE NASR
ALICIA NOVICK
ERIC VERDEIL
RAY BROMLEY
Subject Areas: Architecture [AM]
