Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book reveals the complex interplay of planning ideas and practices between local, national and international levels throughout this century.

The book moves from German 'zoning', the aesthetics of grand urban and landscape design from France and the USA, and the utopian English idea of the 'garden city' through to the dynamism of the Asian tiger cities and the environmental ideology of the late 20th century. It creates an international body of knowledge and expertise.

With case material from major cities in Western Europe, North America, Australia and Asia, this book charts the changing centres of influence in planning and identifies the cities which will lead the way in the next century.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• The Author (p. vii)
• Acknowledgements (p. ix)
• Chapter 1 Introduction (p. 1)
• Chapter 2 Nineteenth-Century Antecedents (p. 11)
• Chapter 3 The Emergence of Modern Planning (p. 45)
• Chapter 4 War, Reconstruction and Depression I: The Major Traditions (p. 81)
• Chapter 5 War, Reconstruction and Depression II: The Other Traditions (p. 127)
• Chapter 6 Reconstruction and Modernisation I: The Major Traditions (p. 157)
• Chapter 7 Reconstruction and Modernisation II: The Other Traditions (p. 195)
• Chapter 8 The Zenith of Modernisation and Beyond I: The Major Traditions (p. 227)
• Chapter 9 The Zenith of Modernisation and Beyond II: The Other Traditions (p. 271)
• Chapter 10 Globalisation, Competitiveness and Sustainability I: The Major Traditions (p. 307)
• Chapter 11 Globalisation, Competitiveness and Sustainability II: The Other Traditions (p. 355)
• Chapter 12 Conclusions (p. 395)
• Bibliography (p. 409)
• Websites (p. 443)
• Index (p. 445)