{"product_id":"urbanism-isbn-9780470851609","title":"Urbanism","description":"\u003ci\u003eThis book redresses the under-representation in existing English-language literature, of the global formation and development of global cities which have been informed by the diffusion of Western ideas and building principles beyond the Western world\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe modes of diffusion of ideas that shape planned environments, and the ways these ideas are realized, have been gaining prominence as subjects of study and discussion among planning historians and others. Recently, some researchers have begun to approach the relations between actors and stakeholders in the processes of planning diffusion in increasingly complex and ambiguous ways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe natives in developing countries, whether colonial or post-colonial, are now being recognized as full-fledged participants in the shaping of the built environment, with a variety of roles to play and means to play them, even if they frequently face many constraints to their actions. The specific traits of the indigenous are even in question: ultimately, who are the ‘locals’?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe research presented here recognises the importance of both provider and recipient as essential and influential entities within this diffusion process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book raises important conceptual questions as to the identities and roles of the actors involved and looks at the methodological implications for historians and the new challenges that arise from this questioning of a long-standing traditional view.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Transporting Planning xi\u003cbr\u003eJOE NASR AND MERCEDES VOLAIT\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Writing Transnational Planning Histories 1\u003cbr\u003eANTHONY D. KING\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1 THE LATEST MODELS 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Making Cairo Modern (1870–1950): Multiple Models for a ‘European-style’ Urbanism 17\u003cbr\u003eMERCEDES VOLAIT\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Transformation of Planning Ideas in Japan and its Colonies 51\u003cbr\u003eCAROLA HEIN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Learning from the US: the Americanisation of Western Urban Planning 83\u003cbr\u003eSTEPHEN V. WARD\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 2 CITY-BUILDING, STATE-BUILDING AND NATION-BUILDING 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Urbanism as Social Engineering in the Balkans: Reform Prospects and Implementation Problems in\u003cbr\u003eThessaloniki 109\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDRA YEROLYMPOS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 From ‘Cosmopolitan Fantasies’ to ‘National Traditions’: Socialist Realism in East Berlin 128\u003cbr\u003eROLAND W. STROBEL\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 The Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Heritage through Egyptian Eyes: The Case of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe 155\u003cbr\u003eALAA EL-HABASHI\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 3 POWERFUL SUBJECTS 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 From Europe to Tripoli in Barbary, via Istanbul: Municipal Reforms in an Outpost of the Ottoman\u003cbr\u003eEmpire around 1870 187\u003cbr\u003eNORA LAFI\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Beirut and the Étoile Area: An Exclusively French Project? 206\u003cbr\u003eMAY DAVIE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Local Wishes and National Commands: Planning Continuity in French Provincial Towns in the 1940s 230\u003cbr\u003eJOE NASR\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 4 FOREIGN EXPERTS, LOCAL PROFESSIONALS 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Foreign Hires: French Experts and the Urbanism of Buenos Aires, 1907–32 265\u003cbr\u003eALICIA NOVICK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Politics, Ideology and Professional Interests: Foreign versus Local Planners in Lebanon under President Chehab 290\u003cbr\u003eERIC VERDEIL\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Towards Global Human Settlements: Constantinos Doxiadis as Entrepreneur, Coalition-Builder and Visionary 316\u003cbr\u003eRAY BROMLEY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors Biographies 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 345\u003c\/p\u003e “…an interesting read…well worth reading about…” (Building Engineer, January 04) \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Nasr\u003c\/b\u003e, independent researcher, Washington, USA and Associate Researcher, CERMOC, Beirut, Lebanon;\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMercedes Volait\u003c\/b\u003e, Researcher, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, URBAMA, Université de Tours, France.\u003c\/p\u003e  The modes of diffusion of ideas that shape planned environments, and the ways these ideas are realised, have been gaining prominence as subjects of study and discussion among planning historians and others. However, most studies have focused on the diffusion that has occurred within the sphere of the so-called First World, where the participants have been considered as relatively equal partners. On the other hand, where the diffusion took place between the First and Third Worlds, these exchanges have often been projected as one-way impositions where the receivers are silent, oppressed, impotent – if not outright invisible.  \u003cp\u003eMore recently, some researchers have begun to approach the relations between actors and stakeholders in processes of planning diffusion in a more complex and ambiguous way. To begin with, the natives in developing countries, whether colonial or post-colonial, are being recognised as fully-fledged actors in the shaping of the built environment, with a variety of roles to play and means to play them, even if they frequently face many constraints to their actions. Moreover, the planning influences have started to be acknowledged as going in multiple directions, including back to the source of dissemination. Adaptation, hybridisation, mimicry and appropriation are just some of the forms of diffusion and adoption that are relevant. The specific traits of the indigenous also came to be viewed as something that is not necessarily evident: ultimately, who are the ‘locals’?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrbanism – Imported or Exported?\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to examine the full complexity of these issues in detail. It raises conceptual questions concerning the identities of locals, the roles of relevant actors, and the modes of diffusion, as well as investigating the methodological implications for historians of the city-building process. Using examples from around the world, with a particular emphasis on Mediterranean countries, it offers a bold new approach to the concepts and methods of the study of planning history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Academy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990441148645,"sku":"NP9780470851609","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470851609.jpg?v=1761787841","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/urbanism-isbn-9780470851609","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}