European Cities 1890-1930s - History, Culture & the Built Environment (Hardcover)

The impact of industrialization, communications, technology, population growth and change, economic transformation, legislation, health regulation, war and a host of other factors left an indelible impression on urban form at all scales from individual dwellings to overall layout. It was in this crucial period that "planning" was born, and the foundations of the modern city were laid. Helen Meller, planning historian, examines through example and case study how these processes were articulated in the physical form of the city, and how society and economy were expressed in physical form.