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The Urban Millennium: The City-Building Process from the Early Middle Ages to the Present - Hardcover

Josef W. Konvitz (author)

 
9780809312016: The Urban Millennium: The City-Building Process from the Early Middle Ages to the Present
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0809312018 ISBN 13: 9780809312016
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985

Synopsis

The Urban Millennium focuses upon the spatial adaptation of cities as a factor in urbanization. Konvitz explores how the evolution of city building strategies has accompanied and facilitated other aspects of urban development. By taking a long historical perspective, he shows that cities were more easily adapted to changing circumstances before and dur­ing the industrialization.

 

Konvitz also draws out the implica­tions of his analysis for contemporary urban problems. He challenges many contemporary assumptions of architec­ture and city planning and suggests that we should learn to appreciate an ap­proach to building which allows for the continual modification of individual structures and districts, and which places more control over the environ­ment in the hands of the users.

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About the Author

Josef W. Konvitz is Associate Professor of History, Michigan State University.

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Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date
1985
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0809312018
ISBN 13 
9780809312016
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
312