Biopolis: Patrick Geddes and the City of Life

by Volker M. Welter

Book Overview

Winner in the 2003 AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Competition in the Scholarly Illustrated category. The Scottish urbanist and biologist Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) is perhaps best known for introducing the concept of "region" to architecture and planning. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was one of the strongest advocates of town planning and an active participant in debates about the future of the city. He was arguably the first planner to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262232111
• ISBN13: 9780262232111
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.6"