The history of Europe in the 20th century is closely tied to the history of urban planning.
Social and economic progress but also the brute treatment of people and nature throughout
Europe were possible due to the use of urban planning and the other levels of spatial planning.
Thereby, planning has constituted itself in Europe as an international subject. Since its emergence,
through
intense
exchange
but
also
competition,
despite
country
differences,
planning
has
developed
as a
European
field
of
practice
and
scientific
discipline.
Planning
is
here
much
more
than
the
addition
of
individual
histories;
however,
historiography
has
treated
this
history
very
selective
regarding
geography
and
content.
This
book
searches
for
an
understanding
of
the
historiography
of
planning
in a
European
dimension.
Scholars
from
Eastern
and
Western,
Southern
and
Northern
Europe
address
the
issues
of
the
public
led
production
of
city
and
the
social
functions
of
urban
planning
in
capitalist
and
state-socialist
countries.
The
examined
examples
include
Poland
and
USSR,
Czech
Republic
and
Slovakia,
UK,
Netherlands,
Germany,
France,
Portugal
and
Spain,
Italy,
and
Sweden.
The
book
will
be
of
interest
to
students
and
scholars
for
Urbanism,
Urban/Town
Planning,
Spatial
Planning,
Spatial
Politics,
Urban
Development,
Urban
Policies,
Planning
History
and
European
