David Popenoe

Private Pleasure, Public Plight

Urban Development, Suburban Sprawl, And The Decline Of Community

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a social and cultural analysis of community life in metropolitan areas of three nations -- the United States, Sweden, and England. The author focuses on how environment and culture interact to shape human behavior. Despite their many similarities, the three societies offer remarkably contrasting urban forms, and thus provide a unique opportunity for comparative research. The findings suggest goals for urban community development in America that can help regain a sense of human scale and establish more meaningful face-to-face contact among urban dwellers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9780765807083
• ISBN-10: 0765807084
• Artikelnr.: 21251343

Autorenporträt

Hans Kummer

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I: History
1: The Rural to Urban Transition
2: The Path to Metropolitan Life
II: Form
3: The Metropolitan Setting: A Portrait of Three Metropolitan Areas
4: Explaining the Dissimilarities of Metropolitan Form
III: Life
5: Everyday Life in the Metropolitan Area
6: The Structure of the Metropolitan Community
IV: Change
7: The Metropolitan Community and the Privatization of Life
8: Changing the Metropolitan Community in the United States