One million acres & no zoning / Lars Lerup.

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Lerup, Lars.

Title & Author:

One million acres & no zoning / Lars Lerup.

Publication:

Description:

272 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface : That thing we formerly called the city, or its theory: Lars Lerup's Houston / Brett Steele -- Foreword / Edward Dimendberg -- Introduction -- A new city? -- Time geography -- Forensics -- The hurricane (a catastrophic thought) -- Abecedarium -- The self-organising city -- Home on the prairie -- Obstacles and opportunities -- The dawn of oil-thinking -- On ill winds and fool's gold.

Summary:

This book explores the 'sprawl' of the suburban city and uses the complex conurbation of Houston, Texas as a test-case for twenty-first century urbanism.

ISBN:

9781907896040 (paperback)
190789604X (paperback)

Subject:

Suburbs Texas Houston.
Cities and towns Growth Social aspects Texas Houston.
Banlieues Texas Houston.
Villes Croissance Aspect social Texas Houston.
Society.
Cities and towns Growth Social aspects.
Suburbs.
Förorter.
Städer sociala aspekter.
Texas Houston.
Förenta staterna Texas Houston.

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One million acres and no zoning

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Location: Library main 287046
Call No.: BIB 206957
Status: Available

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