The city and the super-organism : a history of naturalism in urban planning / Marco Amati.
Amati, Marco, 1975- author.
2021
HT166
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Title The city and the super-organism : a history of naturalism in urban planning / Marco Amati.
Author Amati, Marco, 1975- author.
ISBN 9789811639777 (electronic bk.)
9811639779 (electronic bk.)
9811639760
9789811639760
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3977-7
Imprint Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-16-3977-7 doi
Call Number HT166
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.1216
Summary This book traces how naturalismthe idea of a common theory uniting natural social systemshas contributed to major shifts in urban planning. Beginning in the 17th century, when the human body began to emerge as an inspiration for urban planning, the book examines the work of medical analyses of city life. Responding to the 19th century industrial revolution and 20th century modernism, the Second World War and mass motorisation, Dr Marco Amati shows how vitalism, eugenics, evolutionary theories and medical treatments were applied to understand cities and propose new urban forms. While critically evaluating the uses of naturalism, Amati also observes a renewed interest in the application of sciences to analyse city life, arguing that this is essential to help resolve challenges of human-induced climate change.
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City and the super-organism
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Prologue
Introduction
A city for natural man
From an exterior to an interior urban gaze
The vital city
Evolving the city
Urban social hygiene
The city of organic regularity
Planning natural communities with open space
European medicine for American urbanism
Conclusion: a renewed direction for naturalism in planning.

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