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New ideals in the planning of cities...

Nolen, John, (1869-1937.)

New ideals in the planning of cities, towns and villages

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	New ideals in the planning of cities, towns and villagesJohn Nolen ; introduction by Bruce Stephenson.
Author:	Nolen, John,
Published:	New York :Routledge,2015.
Description:	1 online resource (xxviii, 140 p.) :ill.
Notes:	First published in 1919 by American City Bureau.
Subject:	City planning.
Online resource:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315753218
ISBN:	9781315753218 (e-book : PDF)

New ideals in the planning of cities, towns and villages
Nolen, John,1869-1937.

New ideals in the planning of cities, towns and villages[electronic resource] /John Nolen ; introduction by Bruce Stephenson. - 1st ed. - New York :Routledge,2015. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 140 p.) :ill. - Studies in international planning history. - Studies in international planning history..

First published in 1919 by American City Bureau.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Replanning American cities -- pt. 2. Town and city planning.

"John Nolen's New Ideals in the Planning of Cities, Towns, and Villages is the most thorough assessment of city planning written by an American practitioner before 1920. It records the interplay of urban reform in Europe and the United States, the rise of the planning expert, the design of new towns, and the technique for directing urban expansion on systematic lines. Most important, it documents the blueprint for investing the "peace dividend" of the Great War to make urban life "more fit for democracy". Written for men fighting to make the world safe for democracy, New Ideals revealed how the domestic part of the peace program could justify their sacrifice. The wartime housing initiative had improved the living conditions of industrial workers and the same public regulation and control of the layout and character of residential neighbourhoods could provide what "men of service expect to find on their return, a new and better type of workman's home." While New Ideals strained towards the utopian, experience tempered Nolen's expectations and the high aims of the book were not immediately realised in a post-war society seeking a return to pre-war normalcy. However in the last decade, Nolen's planned communities have been closely studied as the demand for pedestrian-oriented neighbourhoods set on sustainable lines has moved from novelty to policy. New Ideals is an important text not only for its design template, but also its aspirations. Nolen's call to "make cites that will serve the needs--physical, economic, and spiritual-- of all people" lays at the heart of the city planning profession and the lessons Nolen imparted inform a new generation planning cities to be both resilient and just"--

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9781315753218 (e-book : PDF)Subjects--Topical Terms:

208378
City planning.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: NA9030 / .N65 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 711.4 / N791

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