matthew robert johnson marshall percy (3 risultati)

xiii, 207pp, many tables and maps; xi, 236pp, many tables etc. 31x22, blue cloth, glt text, attractive patterned dw, two uniform volumes Both dws a bit rubbed with a couple of closed tears, cloth and contents very good This was the second Regional Survey done in this slightly unusual way, with two different volumes being developed separately, the same team having worked on The Lothians Survey and Plan two years previously. The collaboration here delivered a reasonably integrated plan for growth, with suggestions for local government restructuring to administer the proposals better. [Heavy item, may require additional postage to most destinations].

xvi, 289pp (vol I); xxii, 360pp, fold-out master plan map (vol II) with many tables and diagrams throughout both volumes. 30x22, grey cloth, illustrated dw (two uniform volumes) Chip from dw on spine of volume 1, both dws slightly sunned, very good thus. This plan for the sub-region around Livingstone new town took an innovative approach: taking advantage of the different strengths of the universities at Glasgow and Edinburgh, each volume was commissioned from a different research team. The challenges of the approach can be seen in the way in which the different studies in volume 1 seem to have been written in isolation and only brought together in the editor's concluding chapter, but nonetheless this marks a new way of doing plans, and was repeated with greater success by the same team two years later in the plan for Falkirk/Grangemouth. [heavy item, will require additional postage to most destinations].

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; vi, 374 pages illustrations, maps, plans 31 cm ; LCCN: 64-21388 ; LC: NA9031; Dewey: 711.409 ; OCLC: 313757 ; 'Compendium and analysis of the achievements of city planning from 1593 to the present." ; textured grey cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; covers and includes Medieval nuclei to 20th century sprawl, physical, economic and social factors in planning the changing nature of components of cities, incorporating elements from different periods in a single visual scheme, analysis of planning schemes from Indian and Greek visionaries to the present. Legislative and administrative changes needed for successful planning, massive redevelopment in London and after World War II, the civic nucleus, urban decoration, the Charter of urban design, work in progress throughout the world" ; Contents: Introduction by Lewis Mumford -- The historical background of growth -- The components of planning -- Visions and designs -- New planning legislation and techniques -- Comprehensive development in London -- Covertry -- Rotterdam -- The city in the twenty-first century -- Work in prgress ; "Unique in the literature of planners, architects, and urban officials, Rebuilding Cities is a compendium and analysis of the achievements of city planning from the "Ideal City" of Palmanova in 1593 to the innovative achievements of planners and designers of the twentieth century. As such, it is vital reading for anyone concerned with the problem of rebuilding and revitaliing cities after disasters either of a human or physical decimation." ; Percy Johnson-Marshall (1915-1993), was professor of Urban Design and Regional Planning at the University of Edinburgh served as Group Planning Officer of the London County Council, North London, and is the author of numerous works including Introduction to Planning and numerous articles on the planning and rebuilding of cities. He was an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and received their Award of Distinction in Town Planning ; hundreds of photographs, drawings, civic artwork and sculptures, plans and aerial views ; FINE/FINE. Book.