General theory of urbanization, 1867 /
Ildefons Cerdą ; [edited by] Vicente Guallart ; translations, Angela Kay Bunning, with the collaboration of Anne Ludlow, Graham Thomson.
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"In partnership with: Diputació de Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya, Incasol, CCCB, with the collaboration: Bloomberg Philanthropies" -- Back cover. "First translation into English on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publication of the General Theory of Urbanization by Ildefons Cerdą, an essential work on urban development" -- Publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Cerdą: universal and contemporary / Urbanization: the science of making cities / General Theory of Urbanization. Mercč Conesa, President of the Diutació de Barcelona -- Damią Calvet, Director of the Institut Catalą del Sņl (Catalan Land Institute) -- Vicente Guallart, architect --
"In 1867 Ildefons Cerdą published his "Teoria general de la urbanització." In this text, the "science of building cities", understood as a phenomenon, became a new discipline with a broad economic, social and cultural impact on the life of the people of the city. Coinciding with 150 years since its publication, its first translation into English is being presented along with the publishing online urbanization.org with the statistics transformed into interactive graphics and open data, with the aim of expanding the knowledge of Cerdą's work and encouraging debate on the process of "urbanization" in the future."-- Provided by publisher.