The San Francisco Bay area : a metropolis in perspective / [by] Mel Scott.

Main entry:

Scott, Mel, 1906-1988, author.

Title & Author:

The San Francisco Bay area : a metropolis in perspective / [by] Mel Scott.

Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1959]
©1959

Description:

333 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-323).
Heritage -- Mother of cities -- Plow, the iron horse, and new towns -- Urban rivalries -- Heyday of enterprise -- Burnham plan for San Francisco -- Oakland, end of the village tradition -- Greater San Francisco movement -- Panama Canal, stimulus to planning -- Seeds of metropolitan regionalism -- Fred Dohrmann and the regional plan association -- Prosperity and projects -- Progress in troubled times -- Crisis in an arsenal of democracy -- Postwar planning -- Regional metropolis.

Summary:

Review of 190 years of urban growth, and an analysis of the forces that have helped to shape the Bay area.

Subject:

Regional planning California San Francisco Bay Area.
City planning California San Francisco Bay Area.
Aménagement du territoire Californie San Francisco, Région de la baie de.
Urbanisme Californie San Francisco, Région de la baie de.
Regional planning.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
San Francisco, Région de la baie de (Calif.)
California San Francisco Bay Area.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 28760
Call No.: PO1542; ID:88-B14502
Status: Available

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