The Syntax of City Space: American Urban Grids
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (519 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138301574 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design. . About the Author Dr. He is a graduate of Clemson University, University College London, and the University of London
A historical preference for regularity in town planning had a profound infl uence on American urbanism, which endures to this day. . However, other cities of the world also began as planned towns with geometric layouts so American cities are not unique. Why did the regular grid come to so pervasively characterize American urbanism? Are American cities really so diff erent? The Syntax of City Space: American Urban Grids with Foreword by Ruth Conroy Dalton (co-editor of Take One Building) answers these questions and much more by exploring the urban morphology of American cities. It argues American cities do represent a radical departure in the history of town planning while, simultaneously, still being subject to the same processes linking the urban network and function found in other types of cities around the world. Many people see American cities as a radical departure in the history of town planning because of their planned nature based on the geometrical division of the land
. Dr. He is a graduate of Clemson University, University College London, and the University of London. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design