Reclaiming American cities the struggle for people, place, and nature since 1900 /
Rutherford H. Platt.
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
American cities in 1900: a patchwork of silk and rags -- Competing visions in the Progressive Era -- The central city renewal engine -- The suburban sprawl engine -- Battling the bulldozer: the Indiana Dunes and other sacred places -- Legacies of sprawl: a witch's brew -- Replanting urbanism in the 1990s: a garden of acronyms -- New age "Central Parks": two grand slams in a single -- Reclaiming urban waterways: one stream at a time -- Humane urbanism at ground level.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States. City planning--United States. Urban policy--United States. Urbanization--United States.