Platt, Rutherford H.

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.



9781613762851


Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States.
City planning--United States.
Urban policy--United States.
Urbanization--United States.


Electronic Books.

HT384 / .R435 2014