Search results for: “town planning”
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Regional Planning
Resources See Also Further Reading Information related to regional planning in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law(MPEPIL), Germany, United Kingdom
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Regional Planning
Resources See Also Further Reading Information related to regional planning in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law(MPEPIL), Germany, United Kingdom
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City Planning
City PlanningCity Planning, the unified development of cities and their environs. For most of its history, city planning dealt primarily with the regulation of land use and the physical arrangement of city structures, as guided by architectural, engineering, and land-development criteria. I…
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City Planning After 1945
City Planning History of City Planning After World War IIThe extensive physical rebuilding of cities following World War II lent new urgency to city planning. In 1947 Britain enacted its significant Town and County Planning Act, which placed all development under regional control. The build…
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City Planning In Greece And Rome
City Planning History of City Planning City Planning in Greece and RomeThe emphasis on planning broadened during the Greek and Roman eras. The Greek architect Hippodamus of Miletus planned important Greek settlements such as Priene and Piraeus (Pireás). Called the father of town plan…
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City Planning In The 20th-Century
City Planning History of City Planning 20th-Century City PlanningThe U.S. and Britain responded similarly to the need to improve the living conditions in cities. Their initial action was to regulate the sanitary conditions and density of tenement housing. A movement then arose in both count…