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OverviewThe Changing Image of the City describes urban planning and development from the end of World War II to 1973, when major elements of the design of Nebraska's largest city were in place. Janet Daly-Bednarek shows how the appraches to planning shifted during a period that saw Omaha change from a hub of food processing and transportation to a postindustrial center dominated by insurance and by educational, medical, and other services. Finally, she surveys recent developments such as the Central Park Mall and the Old Market area in light of earlier plans and their implementation. In considering the changes that have occurred in Omaha, this book reveals much about the growth of professional urban planning in America. In Omaha, as elsewhere, planners dealt with power brokers, coped with rampant suburbanism and sprawling shopping malls, searched for ways to reverse the inner-city decay, and concerned themselves with historic preservation, beautification, and quality of life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Janet R. Daly-BednarekPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780803216921ISBN 10: 0803216920 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 November 1992 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA solid addition to the field of urban and planning history. Unique in its emphasis on changing images or conceptions of the city. --Carl Abbott, author of Portland: Planning, Politics, and Growth in a Twentieth-Century City. A model of analysis that should provide stimulus for similar studies of other cities. Valuable. Howard Chudacoff, coauthor of The Evolution of American Urban Society. """A solid addition to the field of urban and planning history. Unique in its emphasis on changing images or conceptions of the city.""--Carl Abbott, author of Portland: Planning, Politics, and Growth in a Twentieth-Century City. ""A model of analysis that should provide stimulus for similar studies of other cities. Valuable."" Howard Chudacoff, coauthor of The Evolution of American Urban Society." ""A solid addition to the field of urban and planning history. Unique in its emphasis on changing images or conceptions of the city.""--Carl Abbott, author of Portland: Planning, Politics, and Growth in a Twentieth-Century City. ""A model of analysis that should provide stimulus for similar studies of other cities. Valuable."" Howard Chudacoff, coauthor of The Evolution of American Urban Society. Author InformationA native of Omaha, Janet R. Daly-Bednarek holds a Ph. D. degree in history from the University of Pittsburgh and is now employed in the U. S. Air Force's history program at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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