Edinburgh: The Making of a Capital City - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748618686 ISBN 13: 9780748618682

Verlag: Edinburgh University Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

This book provides a unique and comprehensive review of the making and re-making of Edinburgh over most of the last millennium. A series of themes of wide relevance are explored and discussed in the context of their impact upon the form of the city and its success as a capital. These include:* The European influence on urban and architectural form.* The synthesis of architecture, landscape and topography.* The dialogue between conservation and innovation.* The search for social, economic and cultural sustainability.* The role of governance and public action in urban ecology.A special feature of the book is the way the Old and New Towns are discussed as a connected problem of image and politics, rather than two isolated events in the history of the city. Likewise, the relations between the city centre, the suburban edge and beyond throughout the 20th century are examined holistically, allowing the reader to gain a broader perspective both of the city of today and of the future. What emerges is a

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Brian Edwards is Professor of Sustainable Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He is author of numerous books, the most recent of which are Courtyard Housing (2004), Green Architecture (2001), Sustainable Housing (2000) and Green Buildings Pay (1988).

Paul Jenkins is Director of the Centre for Environment and Human Settlements, Heriot-Watt University. He is joint editor of Urban Development and Civil Society (2001) and Place Identity, Participation and Planning (Routledge, 2004).

Brian Edwards is Professor of Sustainable Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Paul Jenkins is Director at the Centre for Environment and Human Settlements, Heriot-Watt University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0748618686
• ISBN 13: 9780748618682
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Herausgeber: Edwards Brian, Jenkins Paul
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