{"product_id":"urbanism-imported-or-exported-paperback-softback-9780470851609","title":"Urbanism; Imported or Exported? (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470851609","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUrbanism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImported or Exported?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoe Nasr (Edited by), J Nasr (Author), Mercedes Volait (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470851609, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 June 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17 x 2.2 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“…an interesting read…well worth reading about…” (Building Engineer, January 04)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis 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\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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’?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe research presented here recognises the importance of both provider and recipient as essential and influential entities within this diffusion process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Transporting Planning xi\u003cbr\u003e JOE NASR AND MERCEDES VOLAIT\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Writing Transnational Planning Histories 1\u003cbr\u003e ANTHONY D. KING\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1 THE LATEST MODELS 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Making Cairo Modern (1870–1950): Multiple Models for a ‘European-style’ Urbanism 17\u003cbr\u003e MERCEDES VOLAIT\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Transformation of Planning Ideas in Japan and its Colonies 51\u003cbr\u003e CAROLA HEIN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Learning from the US: the Americanisation of Western Urban Planning 83\u003cbr\u003e STEPHEN V. WARD\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 2 CITY-BUILDING, STATE-BUILDING AND NATION-BUILDING 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Urbanism as Social Engineering in the Balkans: Reform Prospects and Implementation Problems in\u003cbr\u003e Thessaloniki 109\u003cbr\u003e ALEXANDRA YEROLYMPOS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 From ‘Cosmopolitan Fantasies’ to ‘National Traditions’: Socialist Realism in East Berlin 128\u003cbr\u003e ROLAND W. STROBEL\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 The Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Heritage through Egyptian Eyes: The Case of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe 155\u003cbr\u003e ALAA EL-HABASHI\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 3 POWERFUL SUBJECTS 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 From Europe to Tripoli in Barbary, via Istanbul: Municipal Reforms in an Outpost of the Ottoman\u003cbr\u003e Empire around 1870 187\u003cbr\u003e NORA LAFI\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Beirut and the Étoile Area: An Exclusively French Project? 206\u003cbr\u003e MAY DAVIE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Local Wishes and National Commands: Planning Continuity in French Provincial Towns in the 1940s 230\u003cbr\u003e JOE NASR\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 4 FOREIGN EXPERTS, LOCAL PROFESSIONALS 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Foreign Hires: French Experts and the Urbanism of Buenos Aires, 1907–32 265\u003cbr\u003e ALICIA NOVICK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Politics, Ideology and Professional Interests: Foreign versus Local Planners in Lebanon under President Chehab 290\u003cbr\u003e ERIC VERDEIL\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Towards Global Human Settlements: Constantinos Doxiadis as Entrepreneur, Coalition-Builder and Visionary 316\u003cbr\u003e RAY BROMLEY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors Biographies 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 345\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Architecture [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Architecture\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Architecture%20%5BAM%5D%22\"\u003eAM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Academy Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52278039413016,"sku":"9780470851609","price":47.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470851609.jpg?v=1781457408","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/urbanism-imported-or-exported-paperback-softback-9780470851609","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}