Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning

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Spatial Theories for the Americas

Spatial Theories for the Americas

Counterweights to Five Centuries of Eurocentrism

Confronts the Insufficiencies of Canonical Architectural Texts

Black Urban History at the Crossroads

Black Urban History at the Crossroads

Race and Place in the American City

Navigates the Complicated History of the City as Both Site of Oppression and Space for Self-Determination

Five Bay Landscapes

Five Bay Landscapes

Curious Explorations of the Great Lakes Basin

Offers Fresh Insights about Environmental Design and Planning along the Great Lakes Shoreline

A Mighty Capital under Threat

A Mighty Capital under Threat

The Environmental History of London, 1800-2000

American, Canadian, and British scholars probe the environmental history of London during the modern and contemporary period.

Making Industrial Pittsburgh Modern

Making Industrial Pittsburgh Modern

Environment, Landscape, Transportation, Energy, and Planning

Celebrated Pittsburgh Historians Document the City’s Development Over the Last Two Centuries

Designing Tito’s Capital

Designing Tito’s Capital

Urban Planning, Modernism, and Socialism in Belgrade

The devastation of World War II left the Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade in ruins. Communist Party leader Josip Broz Tito saw this as a golden opportunity to recreate the city through his vision of socialism. In Designing Tito’s Capital, Brigitte Le Normand analyzes the unprecedented planning process called for by the new leader, and the determination of planners to create an urban environment that would benefit all citizens.

Architecture, Politics, and Identity in Divided Berlin

Architecture, Politics, and Identity in Divided Berlin

Emily Pugh provides an original comparative analysis of selected works of architecture and urban planning in East and West Berlin during the “Wall era,” to reveal the importance of these structures to the formation of political, cultural, and social identities.

Chatham Village

Chatham Village

Pittsburgh's Garden City

Angelique Bamberg provides the first book-length study of the community of Chatham Village in Pittsburgh. She establishes its historical significance to urban planning and reveals the complex development process, social significance, and breakthrough construction and landscaping techniques that shaped this idyllic community.

The City Natural

The City Natural

Garden and Forest Magazine and the Rise of American Environmentalism

The weekly magazine Garden and Forest existed for only nine years (1888-1897). Yet, in that brief span, it brought to light many of the issues that would influence the future of American environmentalism. In The City Natural, Shen Hou presents the first “biography” of this important but largely overlooked vehicle for individuals with the common goal of preserving nature in American civilization. As Hou reveals, Garden and Forest was instrumental in redefining the fields of botany and horticulture, while also helping to shape the fledgling professions of landscape architecture and forestry.

Planning and the Urban Community

Planning and the Urban Community

This book presents a broad overview of the planning profession, and discusses the major problems encountered in urbanism and planning. The essays view topics that include education, the urban community, the place of planning in governmental hierarchy, and its relationship to urban political dynamics.

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