ABSTRACT
First Published in 1996. Part of a series that brings together more than 200 scholarly articles pertaining to the history and development of urban life in the United States during the past two centuries. The physical development of cities and their infrastructure is considered in Volume 2, which focuses on city planning and its origins in the Rural Cemetery Movement, the City Beautiful Movement, and the role of business in advocating more rational and efficient urban places. Volume 2 also contains articles about essential aspects of the urban infra structure and the provision of basic services essential for urban survival—water, sewer, and transportation systems.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|107 pages
The Landscape Tradition
part 1|15 pages
The New England Quarterly
part 2|86 pages
The City Beautiful and the City Efficient
part 3|40 pages
Planning Communities
part 3|13 pages
Historical Biography
part 4|54 pages
Contemporary Planning
part 5|123 pages
The Engineering Tradition
chapter 17|23 pages
To Engineer the Metropolis
part 5|17 pages
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