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1995

Portland State University

City planning -- United States -- History -- 1945-

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"Beautiful Downtown Burbank" : Changing Metropolitan Geography In The Modern West, Carl Abbott Jul 1995

"Beautiful Downtown Burbank" : Changing Metropolitan Geography In The Modern West, Carl Abbott

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Focuses on the Western United States' leadership in city planning since World War II. Concepts of three competing ideas about the emerging form of decentralization or suburbanization; 'Urban realms'; 'Linear cities'; 'Go-board metropolis'; Opinion of historians and architectural experts; Illustration of several models for understanding the morphology of Western cities.

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