The Making of the Urban LandscapeISBN: 978-0-631-19198-8
Paperback
252 pages
December 1993, Wiley-Blackwell
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Urban landscapes are an important part of the daily lives of most
of the population of the western world. Buildings, streets, gardens
and parks are a fundamental means by which we orientate ourselves
within cities, and contribute significantly to our daily levels of
efficiency and well-being (or lack of them). The creation and
maintenance of the urban environment accounts for a sizeable
proportion of public and private expenditure. Yet despite the
controversy surrounding a few special places, the people and forces
responsible for shaping ordinary town and city landscapes have
rarely been systematically investigated and are poorly understood.
By viewing urban landscapes in relation to the individuals and organizations responsible for their creation, this book supplies a crucial missing dimension to urban landscape history and a sharp insight into the dynamics of contemporary urban change.