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Author:

Schneider, Kenneth R.

Title:

On the nature of cities : toward enduring and creative human environments / Kenneth R. Schneider.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass Publishers,

Copyright Date:

1979

Description:

xiv, 352 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cities and towns--United States.
Urban policy--United States.
Cities and towns--Growth.
Sociology, Urban.
Steden.

Notes:

Bibliography: p. 334-340. Includes index.

Contents:

Getting on top of the revolution -- Urban destruction by development -- The American way of citymaking -- The strategy of urban defeat -- The environmental toll -- The economic toll -- The human toll -- Unkind traditions -- The urban implosion of the population bomb -- Can we build good cities? -- The urban future.

Series:

The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series

ISBN:

9780875893914
0875893910

LCCN:

78062556

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

HUAX887 -- Southwestern Community College Library - Creston (Creston)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)