PLAN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Shorthand, Interstate 78 In New York, Allen Road
21 Dec 2016
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1900 onwards: the city of people (geddes, mumford, jacobs) Largely a reaction to the rational city the reaction to the reaction to the industrial city. In order to respect the city, planning has to have a self touch and to only tweak what exists to improve certain aspects. In order to do that, you need to know and respect what there is. Scottish biologist and botanist; major influence on urban planning. Respect for the existing urban environment, planning interventions should be small scale in scale and gradual. Need to understand the history and dynamics of an urban area before intervening. First time we see this; before, planners knew it all, but now we see a shift in public participation. Urban planning activity in the middle east (jerusalem) and in india. Cities in evolution: an introduction to the town planning movement and to the study of civics (1915)
