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Karl-Olov Arnstberg, Inger Bergström
Eight Postulates on Planning
ISBN 915405899-6
156 sid. 212.00 kr inkl moms.
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Book presentation
How can planning respond more adequately to current developments
in Europe's urban lifestyles and preferences? Is physical planning
a feasible instrument for counteracting such destructive urban forces
as sprawl, segregation and fragmentation? And is it conceivable
for citizens, to some extent at least, to actually participate in
the processes of change?
Ethnologist Karl-Olov Arnstberg and Architect Inger Bergström
at Stockholm University used their best endeavours to formulate,
on the basis of their research and planning experience, a number
of theses for the guidance of architects and planners. In eight
postulates they discuss city-dwelling, physical planning and the
social and cultural values of urban living. With Swedish planning
practices as their starting point, they shed new light on the workings
of complex urban environments.
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