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　　rban Design Since 1945: A Global Perspective reviews theemergence of urban design as a global phenomenon. The book openswith the urgent need to rebuild cities and re-house the millions ofrefugees living in camps and shantytowns at the end of the SecondWorld War. Against this background, the book traces the collapse ofthe modernist, comprehensive state-planning schemes on both sidesof the Iron Curtain as global corporations emerged, concentratingon networks and enclaves. It describes how Latin America and thenAsia began a rapid urbanisation process, shifting the global urbancentre away from Europe and overturning existing urban designmodels. This resulted in global megacities of an unprecedentedscale, often with large associated shantytowns.
By outlining the dominant models in urban design over the lastsixty years - the metropolis, the megalopolis, the fragmentedmetropolis and the global megacity - the book provides an essentialframework for students of the subject.
　　Featured case studies include:
　　the rebuilding of metropolitan capitals in Europe and Asia,such as Berlin, London, Moscow, Tokyo and Beijing

rban Design Since 1945: A Global Perspective reviews the
emergence of urban design as a global phenomenon. The book opens
with the urgent need to rebuild cities and re-house the millions of
refugees living in camps and shantytowns at the end of the Second
World War. Against this background, the book traces the collapse of
the modernist, comprehensive state-planning schemes on both sides
of the Iron Curtain as global corporations emerged, concentrating
on networks and enclaves. It describes how Latin America and then
Asia began a rapid urbanisation process, shifting the global urban
centre away from Europe and overturning existing urban design
models. This resulted in global megacities of an unprecedented
scale, often with large associated shantytowns.
By outlining the dominant models in urban design over the last
sixty years - the metropolis, the megalopolis, the fragmented
metropolis and the global megacity - the book provides an essential
framework for students of the subject.
　　Featured case studies include:
　　the rebuilding of metropolitan capitals in Europe and Asia,
such as Berlin, London, Moscow, Tokyo and Beijing
the construction of new towns like Nowa Huta, Poland; Harlow,
UK; Chandigarh, India; Brasilia, Brazil; Milton Keynes New Town,
UK; and Shenzhen, China
the megalopolis as a global phenomenon from the American East
Coast, Texas, California, Arizona and Florida, with examples from
Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, such as Caracas,
Venezuela
the fragmented metropolis as a global phenomenon, with American,
Asian and European examples, such as Downtown and Midtown (New
York), Shinjuku (Tokyo), Canary Wharf (London), La Défense (Paris)
and Potsdamer Platz (Berlin)
megacities as a global phenomenon, such as Jakarta in Indonesia
or Bangkok in Thailand, that include urban agriculture and urban
villages, as do shrinking eco-city regions such as Duisburg,
Germany or Detroit, USA
World's Fairs such as Brussels 1958 and Osaka 1970 which feature
as drivers of innovation, as do Olympic events in Tokyo (1964),
Barcelona (1992), Beijing (2008) and London (2012).

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作者简介

　　David Grahame Shane teaches Graduate Urban Design at Columbia University and undergraduate students at Cooper Union in New York. He also lectures for the Bartlett School of Architecture Graduate Urban Design Programme, University of London and at the Polytechnic in Milan, as well as participating in masterclasses at the University of Venice. He has lectured widely and published in architectural journals in Europe, the USA and Asia. He co-edited with Brian McGrath the Architectural Design title Sensing the 21st Century City: Close-Up and Remote, published in November 2005. His book Recombinant Urbanism: Conceptual Modeling in Architecture, Urban Design and City Theory was published by Wiley in June 2005.

目　　录

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section 1
Chapter 1 Urban Design – An Overview
Chapter 2 Illustrated Urban Elements
Section 2
Chapter 3 The Metropolis
Chapter 4 Illustrated Metropolis
Section 3
Chapter 5 The Megalopolis
Chapter 6 Illustrated Megalopolis
Section 4
Chapter 7 The Fragmented Metropolis

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