Living Cities: A Case for Urbanism and Guidelines for Re-Urbanization (Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Social Studies) (English and Dutch Edition)

This book aims to demonstrate the new awareness concerning the urban environment in Europe. The authors believe that the unlimited outward expansion of our cities must be halted and that we should strive for "inner growth" within urban centres, and for a more human approach to city development. Contact between city dwellers should be encouraged to reduce the isolation of those living in sprawling communities and to remedy the evils resulting from the dispersion of urban functions. To achieve this the book puts forward a number of planning and design criteria which would solve more satisfactorily the problems of housing and living conditions in cities Content: Other Titles of Interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v Inside Front Cover , Page vi Preface , Pages vii-ix 1 - A Positive Choice in Favour of the City cannot be made without a change in our way of life , Pages 1-14 2 - Architecture and Town Planning: the mirror of society , Pages 15-60 3 - We build as we are , Pages 61-86 4 - Housing Yesterday and Today , Pages 87-112 5 - Building and Town Planning in the Future — keystones of a healthy community , Pages 113-143 6 - From Outward Sprawl to Inner Growth , Pages 145-205 7 - Examples of Inner Growth in Western Europe , Pages 207-365 Biographical Notes , Pages 367-369 Index , Pages 371-373 By Jan Tanghe, Sieg Vlaeminck, And Jo Berghoef, With Contributions By Catherine Bruant ... [et Al.] ; Translated By Ronald Southam ; Translation Edited By Barry Needham. Originally Written In Dutch In 1975 Under The Title Wonen Of Wijken?--pref. Includes Index.