Centers for the urban environment : survival of the cities / Victor Gruen

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc., c1973Description: x, 266 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 442228775
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT 166 .G78 1973
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC HT 166 .G78 1973 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000017195
Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC HT 166 .G78 1973 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available NULIB000017713

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.

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.

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