Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power by Victoria Grau

Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power by Victoria Grau

In this volume, contributions from Europe and Latin America provide insight into the functions of planning under very different political and societal constellations over the last hundred years: dictatorships, parliamentary democracies and illiberalism; capitalism and state socialism; state interventionism and neoliberalism, and more.

"With a continental-scale approach, this volume examines variations of urban transformation across decades and political systemsEach case study presents a deep analysis of how spatial planning itself is a political instrument that is never neutral or disengaged from society."

Kimberly E. Zarecor, Professor of Architecture, Iowa State University, USA

"This collection shows how important it is to identify the urbanism of the different European dictatorships as something more than the monolithic image of the monumental buildings and wide boulevards of political power. This transnational European perspective is urgently needed."

José Luis Oyón, Professor of Urbanism, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura del Vallés, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain

"This volume serves as the perfect tool to reinforce the perception of cities as unique chronicles of political and social changes that need to be preserved and developed in their complexity."

Henrieta Moravčíková, Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture at the Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

"In an era of homogenizing global forces, the insightful chapters in this timely volume remind us of the essential roles of national and local culture, political structure and human agency in shaping our built environment."

John Accordino, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA

Victoria Grau studied urban studies at the Bauhaus University, Weimar and at University College Dublin. Since 2022, she has worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Spatial Planning and Spatial Research at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Max Welch Guerra is Senior Professor of Spatial Planning and Spatial Research and Head of the BSc and MSc Urbanistik at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

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ISBN 13	9781032756882
ISBN 10	1032756888
Title	Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power
Author	Victoria Grau
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2024-06-10
Number of pages	214
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