Planning History

Clara Irazábal and her contributors explore the urban history of some of Latin America’s cities through studies of their public spaces and what has taken place there, revealing contemporary definitions of citizenship and democracy in the Americas...

An interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search for a place in Europe and on the world stage in the twenty-first century...

An interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search for a place in Europe and on the world stage in the twenty-first century...

First Published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Planning and Citizenship seeks to rediscover planning’s technical and theoretical roots by reconstructing the memory of planning through the lens of the changing relationship between planning and citizenship...

Planning and Citizenship seeks to rediscover planning’s technical and theoretical roots by reconstructing the memory of planning through the lens of the changing relationship between planning and citizenship...

Planning and Urban Growth in Nordic Countries examines urban development and planning in Denmark, Findland, Norway and Sweden. Emphasis is on the period from the mid-nineteeth century to the present day...

Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes have brought together some of the region’s most distinguished urbanists to explore the planning history and recent development of Pacific Asia’s major cities.  They show how globalization, and the competition to achieve global city status, has had a profound effect on..

Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes have brought together some of the region’s most distinguished urbanists to explore the planning history and recent development of Pacific Asia’s major cities.  They show how globalization, and the competition to achieve global city status, has had a profound effect on..

During the nineteenth century many of Europe's capital cities were subject to major expansion and improvement schemes. From Vienna's Ringstrasse to the boulevards of Paris, the townscapes which emerged still shape today's cities and are an..

A wide-ranging study of planning in fifteen major European cities, this book includes case studies of development schemes for each city, and general discussion of capital together with city planning. Well illustrated throughout with plans and drawings, it offers useful comparisons between the famili..

In this first comprehensive work in English to describe the building of Latin America's capital cities in the postcolonial period, Arturo Almandoz and his contributors demonstrate how Europe and France in particular shaped their culture, architecture and planning until the United States began to pla..