El autor explora "la difusión descentralizada de Silicon Valley de California, las atestadas calles de la ciudad de Nueva York barrio de Jackson Heights, el crecimiento controlado de Portland, Oregon, y las fachadas etapa-establecidos de la comunidad planificada de Disney, Celeb…
This work discusses the forces (transportational, economic, political) that create the underlying form of cities. The author argues that urban life has broken down due to a basic ignorance of how these forces shape the urban environment.
The author explores "the decentralized spread of California's Silicon Valley, the crowded streets of New York City's Jackson Heights neighborhood, the controlled growth of Portland, Oregon, and the stage-set facades of Disney's planned community, Celebration, Florida," and argue…
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Suburban space has traditionally been understood as a formless remnant of physical city expansion, without a dynamic or logic of its own. Suburban Urbanities challenges this view by defining the suburb as a temporally evolving feature of urban growth. Anchored in the architectur…
This text traces the story of the suburb from its origins in nineteenth-century London to its twentieth-century demise in decentralized cities like Los Angeles.
A noted urban historian traces the story of the suburb from its origins in nineteenth-century London to its twentieth-century demise in decentralized cities like Los Angeles.