The city and the super-organism : a history of naturalism in urban planning

The city and the super-organism : a history of naturalism in urban planning / Marco Amati.

This book traces how naturalismthe idea of a common theory uniting natural social systemshas contributed to major shifts in urban planning. Beginning in the 17th century, when the human body began to emerge as an inspiration for urban planning, the book examines the work of medical analyses of city...

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Main Author: Amati, Marco, 1975- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Subjects:
City planning.
Nature.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Urban ecology (Sociology)
urban environments.
City planning
Nature
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • A city for natural man
  • From an exterior to an interior urban gaze
  • The vital city
  • Evolving the city
  • Urban social hygiene
  • The city of organic regularity
  • Planning natural communities with open space
  • European medicine for American urbanism
  • Conclusion: a renewed direction for naturalism in planning.

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