Shaping the city : studies in history, theory and urban design / edited by Edward Robbins and Rodolphe El-Khoury. - New York : Routledge, 2004. - 270 p. : ill., maps ; 23

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Atlanta / Rem Koolhaas -- Barcelona: rethinking urbanistic projects / Joan Busquets -- Brasilia - The Project of Brasilia / Fares el-Dahdah -- Chicago - Superblockism : Chicago's Elastic Grid / Sarah Whiting -- Detroit: motor city / Charles Waldheim -- Los Angeles: between cognitive mapping and dirty realism / Paulette Singley -- Philadelphia: the urban design of Philadelphia, taking the towne for the city / Richard Sommer -- San Francisco: San Francisco in an age of reaction / Mitchell Schwarzer -- Asia megacities / Richard Marshall -- New urbanism / Edward Robbins -- The Imaginary real world of Cybercities / M. Christine Boyer.

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City planning--Case studies.
Metropolitan areas--Case studies.
Cities and towns--History--20th century--Case studies
Cities and towns--History--21st century--Case studies
Sociology, Urban.

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