Reclaiming American cities : the struggle for people, place, and nature since 1900

Title
  1. Reclaiming American cities : the struggle for people, place, and nature since 1900 / Rutherford H. Platt.
Published by
  1. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
Author
  1. Platt, Rutherford H.

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Description
  1. xii, 298 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Urbanization > United States
  2. Urban policy > United States
  3. City planning > United States
  4. Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States
  5. City planning
  6. Urban ecology (Sociology)
  7. Urban policy
  8. Urbanization
  9. Stadt
  10. Stadtleben
  11. Stadtplanung
  12. Stadtstruktur
  13. Stadtökologie
  14. United States
Contents
  1. American cities in 1900: a patchwork of silk and rags -- Competing visions in the Progressive Era -- The central city renewal engine -- The suburban sprawl engine -- Battling the bulldozer: the Indiana Dunes and other sacred places -- Legacies of sprawl: a witch's brew -- Replanting urbanism in the 1990s: a garden of acronyms -- New age "Central Parks": two grand slams in a single -- Reclaiming urban waterways: one stream at a time -- Humane urbanism at ground level.
Call number
  1. JFE 15-7494
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index.
Author
  1. Platt, Rutherford H.
Title
  1. Reclaiming American cities : the struggle for people, place, and nature since 1900 / Rutherford H. Platt.
Publisher
  1. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2013031756
ISBN
  1. 9781625340498 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  2. 1625340494 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  3. 9781625340504 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  4. 1625340508 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 15-7494
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