Patrick Geddes and Town Planning: A Critical

Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement. This boook studies the various, and even opposing ways, in which Geddes has been interpreted up to this day, providing a new reading of his life, writing and plans.Geddes' scrutiny is presented as a case study for Town Planning as a whole. Tying together for the first time key concepts in cultural geography and colonial urbanism, the book proposes a more vigorous historiography, exposing hidden narratives and past agendas still dominating the disciplinary discourse. Written by a cultural geographer and a town planner, this book offers a rounded, full-length analysis of Geddes' vision and its material manifestation, functioning also as a much needed critical tool to evaluate Modern Town Planning as an academic and practical discipline. The book also includes a long overdue model of his urban theory.

Noah Hysler-Rubin is qualified as a town planner and holds a PhD in Geography. She teaches History and Theory of Town Planning at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: Interpreting Geddes, a Contemporaneous Task	p. 1
The Planning Historiography of Patrick Geddes	p. 9
The Town Planner as a Miracle Worker: Patrick Geddes, 1854-1932	p. 11
1940s-1960s: Geddes' Roie in Reconstruction	p. 17
The Humanist Perspective: The Return of Geddes, 1970s Onwards	p. 23
The Appreciation of Patrick Geddes as a Planner Today	p. 29
Discussion: Geddes' Historiography as a Reflection of the History of Town Planning	p. 33
Geddes and Geography	p. 41
Geddes' Urban Conceptual Framework	p. 43
Geography and Education: The Planning Tools	p. 51
Geddes' Planning Theory: Critical Evaluations	p. 59
Planning in the Colonies	p. 67
The Cities and Town Planning Exhibition: Success and Failure	p. 69
Surveys and Surgeries: Narratives of Old and New	p. 75
The Regional Analysis: Rehabilitating the Mediterranean Basin	p. 83
The Garden in the City: Civic Revival in Indore and Tel Aviv	p. 89
Civic Centers and Cultural institutes: Enhancing Local Traditions	p. 95
Incipient Universities in Indore and Jerusalem: Cloisters between East and West	p. 99
Postcolonial Scrutiny	p. 105
Patrick Geddes and Colonial Town Planning	p. 107
The Colonial Planning Gambit: In the Service of Imperial Societies?	p. 113
Conclusion: The Historiography of Town Planning, a Postcolonial Reading	p. 119
Appendix: Geddes' Urban Scheme: A Comprehensive Reading	p. 125
Notes	p. 131
Bibliography	p. 183
Works of Patrick Geddes	p. 203
Index	p. 205
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