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

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

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Description
xii, 298 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Urbanization > United States
  • Urban policy > United States
  • City planning > United States
  • Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States
  • City planning
  • Urban ecology (Sociology)
  • Urban policy
  • Urbanization
  • Stadt
  • Stadtleben
  • Stadtplanung
  • Stadtstruktur
  • Stadtökologie
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index.
Contents
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
JFE 15-7494
ISBN
  • 9781625340498
  • 1625340494
  • 9781625340504
  • 1625340508
LCCN
2013031756
OCLC
844729416
Author
Platt, Rutherford H.
Title
Reclaiming American cities : the struggle for people, place, and nature since 1900 / Rutherford H. Platt.
Publisher
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-7494
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