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London: More by Fortune Than Design (World Cities Series) Book

Plague, fire, imperial collapse, the Blitz, Thatcherism — London rises triumphant, still one of the brokers of the global economy and still one of the most liveable cities in the world. London is a city of villages. Six hundred square miles of streets stretch in every direction, home to an extraordinary range of ethnic and cultural groups. The domestic scale of the citys architecture has always been one of its great attractions as has the number and variety of its parks and gardens. Yet this is also a city which vies with New York and Tokyo for domination of the global economy. The post-war struggle over the modernisation of Londons urban fabric forms the centre of this book. A third of the city has been rebuilt. The citys entire centre of gravity has shifted eastwards. Yet, street-based neighbourhoods, mixed-use districts and a working system of local government have managed to survive. How has London survived? What is its future? London excavates this city of contradictions to discover that the richness is in the detail and that the secret is the citys refusal to bend to any master plan. World Cities series is edited by R. L. Johnston and P. L. KnoxRead More

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  • 0471982377
  • 9780471982371
  • Michael Hebbert
  • 23 March 1998
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 254
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