urban planning

‘Country Comes to Town’ Illuminates Nashville’s and Country Music’s Internal Struggles
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‘Country Comes to Town’ Illuminates Nashville’s and Country Music’s Internal Struggles

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 / 6 July 2016
A fascinating piece of analysis about Music City, USA, Jeremy Hill's book is a thoughtful and thorough urban scholarship on origins and authenticity, among other things.
There’s a Random Kind of Order in ‘City on a Grid’
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There’s a Random Kind of Order in ‘City on a Grid’

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 / 9 November 2015
New York’s paradigm-smashing and somewhat haphazardly planned 1811 street grid didn’t quite bring order to the chaotic metropolis, but it helped create the city that it is today.
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Gentrification and Its Discontents

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 / 16 May 2011
Utopia and the City: An Interview with Geography Scholar David Pinder
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Utopia and the City: An Interview with Geography Scholar David Pinder

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 / 18 July 2009

Geography theorist David Pinder’s ‘Visions of the City’ grapples with the idea of utopia posited by architects, urban planners, and political dissidents.