Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century

By: Peter Hall

An exhaustive history of modern Western urban-planning theory and practice, Cities of Tomorrow tackles everything from major figures and events that shaped 20th-century urban life to fundamental topics such as the garden city movement, the origins of regional planning, and contemporary urban redevelopment.

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