PLAN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Allen Road, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Interstate 78 In New York
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Scottish biologist and botanist; major influence on urban planning. Respect for the existing urban environment, planning interventions should be small in scale and gradual. Need to understand the history and dynamics of an urban area before intervening. Urban planning activity in the middle east (jerusalem) and in india. Cities in evolution: an introduction to the town planning movement and to the study of civics (1915) Survey: review literature on topography and history of the community (cid:862) o(cid:272)iologi(cid:272)al(cid:863) survey (aesthetics, economy and sociology, look at projects from elsewhere. Exhibition for community: public discussion, selection of best projects, proposals. Lewis mumford (1895-1990) (cid:862)forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and frie(cid:374)ds(cid:863) (cid:862)restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking fa(cid:272)ilities(cid:863) (cid:862)our national flower is the concrete (cid:272)lo(cid:448)erleaf(cid:863) (1854-1932) Historian of technology: critiques modern technology because causes social dislocation, technology is taking control of civilization.