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Regional Visionaries and Metropolitan Boosters
Matthew Dalbey
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Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RGC; RNF; TN; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
This book is an examination of two conflicting regional planning ideologies and the impact of this conflict on the development of two regional parkways. I hypothesize that regional parkways of the 1920s and 1930s emerged out of these two visions of regional planning - regionalism and metropolitanism. The regional view coalesced around the work of Benton MacKaye, Lewis Mumford, and the Regional Planning Association of America. The metropolitan viewpoint, while less definable, grew out of the market-oriented economic boosterism efforts associated with early twentieth century planning. This view found literal and philosophical support with Thomas Adams and the Regional Plan ... Read more
This book is an examination of two conflicting regional planning ideologies and the impact of this conflict on the development of two regional parkways. I hypothesize that regional parkways of the 1920s and 1930s emerged out of these two visions of regional planning - regionalism and metropolitanism. The regional view coalesced around the work of Benton MacKaye, Lewis Mumford, and the Regional Planning Association of America. The metropolitan viewpoint, while less definable, grew out of the market-oriented economic boosterism efforts associated with early twentieth century planning. This view found literal and philosophical support with Thomas Adams and the Regional Plan ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461353867
SKU
V9781461353867
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