TY - BOOK AU - Gruen, Victor TI - Centers for the urban environment: survival of the cities SN - 442228775 AV - HT 166 .G78 1973 PY - 1973/// CY - New York PB - Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc. KW - CITY PLANNING N1 - 1. Horizons and restraints -- 2. The regional shopping center-its contribution to environmental planning. -- 3. Twenty years: shopping towns international -- 4. The unifunctional center-its rise and the downfall of urbanism -- 5. The multifunctional center -- 6. Urban cores -- 7. The emerging new urban pattern -- Summary --Index. N2 - This book represents an expression of the efforts of the foundation to bring about a greater public understanding of the decisive role which "Environmental Planning" should and must play if the ecological and biological balance of our planet, which is essential for the continuous existence of the human species, is to be assured ER -