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Bbc radio 4 in our time, the city in the 20th century. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject. Peter hall provides an interesting look at the theoretical side of 20th century city planning, and, unlike most writers, gives it a real international spin, examining everything from the garden city in japan to the abc communities along stockholms tunnelbana, with some focus, of course, on the angloamerican tradition. Every textbook comes with a 21day any reason guarantee. This one is more like the former than the latter, which is. Peter hall provides an interesting look at the theoretical side of 20th century city planning, and, unlike most writers. The five parts are devoted to peter halls breadth of academic work, covering the history of cities and planning, london, spatial planning, connectivity and mobility, and urban globalization. This book is a good summary of twentiethcentury urban planning, though at times, its a bit dry, which is saying something, when im a fan of the genre. He was the bartlett professor of planning and regeneration at the bartlett, university college london and president of both the town and country planning association and the regional studies association. Peter geoffrey halls most popular book is cities of tomorrow.
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