DOC Gianikian e Ricci Lucchi (Italian Edition) by Rinaldo Censi in Arts-Photography

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In this classic book that records a moment in the history of urban planning; the architect and city planner Harvey H. Kaiser examines the city-building process from the time when a proposal for urban development is first conceived to the early stages of construction. To illuminate the factors that underlie acceptance or rejection of community development; Kaiser focuses on the proposals for three towns in upstate New Yorkmdash;Lysander (near Syracuse) and Gananda and Riverton (both near Rochester). These were brand-new developments and municipalities; and thus quite different from other trends of suburbanization that attached development onto existing municipalities. Step by step; he describes what happened in each of these communities during the presentation of the initial proposal; how parties interacted with each other; and how the climate of the community influenced the actions of the parties.Basing his work on hundreds of interviews; attendance at public meetings; and a review of many articles and documents; Kaiser shows that in each case the emergence of controversy and degree of acceptance was influenced by the developerrsquo;s leadership; the characteristics of the developerrsquo;s organization; and the method of presenting the proposal to the public. Kaiser brings to his comparative approach a background in the rough and tumble of day-to-day project management and the development of plans as well as their administration. First published in 1978; The Building of Cities remains an invaluable resource for developers; architects; public officials; and citizens involved in local government.