Patrick Geddes and Town Planning: A Critical View

By Noah Hysler-Rubin

Book Overview

Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement. This book studies the various, and even opposing ways, in which Geddes has been interpreted up to this day, providing a new reading of his life, writing and plans.

Geddes' scrutiny is presented as a case study for Town Planning as a whole. Tying together for the first time key concepts in cultural geography and colonial urbanism, the book proposes a more vigorous historiography, exposing hidden narratives and past agendas still dominating the disciplinary discourse. Written by a cultural geographer and a town planner, this book offers a rounded, full-length analysis of Geddes' vision and its material manifestation, functioning also as a much needed critical tool to evaluate Modern Town Planning as an academic and practical discipline. The book also includes a long overdue model of his urban theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415578671
• ISBN13: 9780415578677
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"