Urban planning in the Nordic world /

Urban planning was a keystone in the materialization of the Nordic welfare states. The postwar urban landscape was characterized by division of functions and its open spaces. However, strategies have changed over the decades as models of development have shifted and as the needs of society and a war...

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Main Author: Braae, Ellen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aarhus, Denmark : Madison : Aarhus University Press ; University of Wisconsin Press, [2022].
Series:Nordic world.
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Summary:Urban planning was a keystone in the materialization of the Nordic welfare states. The postwar urban landscape was characterized by division of functions and its open spaces. However, strategies have changed over the decades as models of development have shifted and as the needs of society and a warming planet have come into focus. Architect Ellen Braae outlines the origins, development, challenges and lived realities of the changing welfare city in the Nordic countries.
Physical Description:114 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-[115] and index.
ISBN:9780299338947
0299338940