Urban Visions

Richly illustrated book with more than 400 historical maps and photos of cities around the world

Provides an overview of the urbanism legacy through an analysis of movements and projects that have shaped the subject in the last ten years

Presents case studies and comparative research to illustrate chapter topics

Autorentext
Carmen Díez**Medina, Degree in Architecture from the Madrid Polytechnic University (ETSAM UPM), 1989. Ph.D. at the Technische Universität Wien (1996). Associate Professor of Theory and Architectural History at the School of Engineering and Architecture (EINA), University of Zaragoza (Spain), where she is in charge of the architectural history and theory disciplines and coordinator of the Ph.D. Program New Territories in Architecture. Director of the Department of Theory and Architectural and Urban Projects at the Polytechnic School from the CEU-San Pablo University of Madrid (2007-09). Member of several Architectural Research Projects, among them Spaces for teaching, CEU (2012-14); Residential urban landscapes, EINA (2010-11); The construction of the liberal city, UPM (2008-09); Spain in the CIAM, CEU (2007-08).Collaborating architect at Rafael Moneo in Madrid (1996-2001) and previously at Nigst, Hubmann&Vass in Vienna (1990-1996).
Javier**Monclús, Degree in Architecture and Ph.D. from the Catalonia Polytechnic University (ETSAB, UPC), 1977. Full Professor of Urbanism at the School of Engineering and Architecture (EINA), University of Zaragoza (Spain), where he has been Chair of the Department of Architecture (2009-2016) and is currently Director of the Master Degree in Architecture. He was Professor of Urbanism at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona (1980-2005). Director of the research group PUPC (Urban Landscapes and Contemporary Project:). He has published widely on Planning, Urban Design and Urban Planning History. He is member of the Editorial Board of Planning Perspectives and Director of Zarch, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism.He worked as a planner (2005-2009) and head of the Expo Accompanying Plan of the Zaragoza Expo 2008 and as a consultant in Barcelona and Zaragoza.

Inhalt
Part 1: Urban cultures and traditions.- Chapter 1. City beautiful and 'Architectural Urbanism' (1893-1940) (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 2. Garden cities and garden suburbs (1898-1930) (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 3. Social democracy and housing policies (1919-1934) (Carmen Díez Medina).- Chapter 4. Modern urban planning and modernist urbanism (1930-1950) (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 5. Urban planning and ideology: Spain and Italy (1945-1960) (Carmen Díez Medina).- Chapter 6. Welfare planning and new towns (1945-1970s) (Alejandro Dean).- Chapter 7. Modernist mass housing in Europe. Comparative perspectives in western and eastern cities (1950s-1970s) (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 8. An experiment in freedom (1970-1975) (Raimundo Bambó).- Part 2: Other urbanisms and urban projects.- Chapter 9. Other urbanisms (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 10. Urban projects and megastructures: modernist campuses (Basilio Tobías).- Chapter 11. New Paradigms and Strategic Urban Projects (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 12. Urban renewal and urban regeneration (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 13. Waterfronts and riverfronts. Recovery of urban waterfronts (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 14. Housing experimental projects in the Netherlands (Sergio García-Pérez).- Chapter 15. New housing projects in Latin European cities (Sergio García-Pérez).- Chapter 16. Citizen participation. Urban development for and by the people (Pablo de la Cal).- Part 3: New strategies and urban planning.- Chapter 17. Urban planning models and model cities (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 18. Urban transport and technological urbanism (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 19. New productive uses areas. Central business districts (CBD), business parks, technology parks and corporate cities (Andrés Fernández-Ges).- Chapter 20. Innovative uses of ICT technologies in recent urban developments and urban planning (Andrés Fernández-Ges).- Chapter 21. The rise of mixed-use urban developments and digital districts (Andrés Fernández-Ges).- Chapter 22. Urban resilience. Towards a global sustainability (Pablo de la Cal).- Chapter 23. Mapping urbanism, urban mapping (Raimundo Bambó).- Chapter 24. Urban voids and 'in-between' landscapes (Raimundo Bambó).- Part 4: Landscape urbanism.- Chapter 25. From urban planning to landscape urbanism (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 26. From park systems and green belts to green infrastructures (Javier Monclús).- Chapter 27. Landscape projects: Scale and place (Carlos Ávila).- Chapter 28. New urban landscapes (Carlos Ávila).- Chapter 29. Greenfield/Brownfield: Two sides of the same coin (Pablo de la Cal).- Chapter 30. New landscapes perspectives for planning (Miriam García).- Chapter 31. The intangible values of the landscape (Miriam García).- Chapter 32. Urban agriculture. Towards a continuous productive spaces system in the city (Pablo de la Cal).