The ancestry of regional spatial planning : a planner's look at history /: a planner's look at history. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Louis C. Wassenhoven.
• Authors: Wassenhoven, Louis C
• Contents: Preface .- Ch.1. Introduction (Looking for the origins of regional spatial planning – Short presentation of chapters – Appendix on regional planning in the interwar period).- PART I (Chapters 2-11) .- Ch.2. Historical periods, regions and examples .- Ch. 3. Greek colonization.- Ch. 4. Colonies and towns in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Empires .- Ch. 5. New capitals.- Ch. 6. Middle Ages and Modern Era: Towns and planned settlements.- Ch. 7. Land: Empires and ancient world.- Ch. 8. Land: Medieval period and Modern Era.- Ch. 9. Government, territorial organization and decision structures .- Ch. 10. Trade, industry and natural resources.- Ch. 11. Transport, infrastructures and fortifications.- Ch. 12. Parameters of analysis .- PART II .- Ch. 13. Planning 'actors', government and regions.- Ch. 14. Planning process: Means and survey.- Ch. 15. Population re-distribution and spatial re-structuring.- Ch. 16. Towns and urban networks .- Ch. 17. Land, natural resources and innovations.- Ch. 18. Networks, flows, trade and interconnected areal units.- Ch. 19. Long-run change and future prospects: Closing statement .- Bibliography.- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 001.422; Geography; Spatial analysis (Statistics); REFERENCE / Questions & Answers; History -- General; Social Science -- Regional Studies; History -- Modern -- General; History: specific events & topics; Development studies; History: earliest times to present day; Regional planning; Economic development; History, Modern; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Regional & area planning; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319969954; 3319969951
• Related ISBNs: 9783319969947
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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