Planning History

Guide to the 1951 Festival of Britain's Architecture Exhibition, based in Poplar in East London...

Alternative Visions of Post-War Reconstruction examines the nature and effects of post-war urban design worldwide...

Exploring the urban and planning history of cities across Central and South-eastern Europe against a background of rising nationalism, this book contains fourteen studies of individual cities. Introductory chapters in the book outline the political history of the area and how the developments in the..

A multidisciplinary team of specialists list historical and contemporary research on suburbanization with particular emphasis on the UK, North America, Australia and South Africa...

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This new text on the subject of conservation in the built environment provides a unique holistic view on the understanding of the practice of conservation conntecting it with a societal and political forces...

This book examines a range of issues associated with developing and managing cultural and heritage resources in the Asia-Pacific region from both the host and guest perspective. Issues of theory and practice are illustrated through case studies...

This book explores Dubai’s history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring color to the history of the city’s urban development. With case studies a..

This book explores Dubai’s history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring color to the history of the city’s urban development. With case studies a..

Encounters in Planning Thought creates an informed future perspective on the spatial planning field by looking at it through the eyes of those who have been at the coal face of planning’s scholarly institutionalisation. The book provides a topical insight into why and how 16 distinguished planners, ..

One of the most influential housing texts of the 1930s...

This unique study examines how North American architecture had been 'transplanted' elsewhere during the twentieth century...