French Urbanism in Foreign Lands

This book will seek to close the gaps on the role of France in exporting Eurocentric spatial and environmental design principles and practice. It does so by analyzing the major spatial and physical development projects that French colonial authorities implemented in France's colonial empire and elsewhere from the 15th to the 20th century. French urban planning ideology, principles and practice were not exported exclusively to territories under French colonial suzerainty. Accordingly, the book focuses on major physical and spatial planning schemes inspired by French planning thought in territories without a history of French colonialism.

Unique English language text on colonial urbanism and the role played by France Offers insight into French inspired physical and spatial planning scheme Provides the historical influences on France's colonial empire Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

1. Rationale for French Colonial Urbanism.- 2. North America.- 3. Latin America.- 4. French Caribbean Territories.- 5. Indo-China.- 6. The Middle East.- 7. North Africa.- 8. Sub-Saharan Africa.- 9. Continuity and Change in French International Urbanism.