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A Negotiated Landscape: The Transformation of San Francisco's Waterfront Since 1950
Contributor(s): Rubin, Jasper (Author)

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 ISBN: 0822964171     ISBN-13: 9780822964179
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
OUR PRICE: $57.75  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: July 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
- Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development
- Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning
Dewey: 979.461
LCCN: 2017288085
Series: Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9" L (1.20 lbs) 360 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Northern California
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Locality - San Francisco, California
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
Review Citations: Choice 03/01/2017
 
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Publisher Description:
A Negotiated Landscape examines the transformation of San Francisco's iconic waterfront from the eve of its decline in 1950 to the turn of the millennium. What was once a major shipping port is now best known for leisure and entertainment.
To understand this landscape Jasper Rubin not only explores the built environment but also the major forces that have been at work in its redevelopment. While factors such as new transportation technology and economic restructuring have been essential to the process and character of the waterfront's transformation, the impact of local, grassroots efforts by planners, activists, and boosters have been equally critical.
The first edition of A Negotiated Landscape won the 2012 prize for best book in planning history from the International Planning History Society. Much has changed in the five years since that edition was published. For this second edition, Rubin provides a new concluding chapter that updates the progress of planning on San Francisco's waterfront and examines debates over the newest visions for its development.
 
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