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基本説明
This book provides a unique and comprehensive review of the making and re-making of Edinburgh over most of the last millennium.
Full Description
This book provides a unique and comprehensive review of the making and re-making of Edinburgh over most of the last millennium. A series of themes of wide relevance are explored and discussed in the context of their impact upon the form of the city and its success as a capital. These include:*The European influence on urban and architectural form.*The synthesis of architecture, landscape and topography.*The dialogue between conservation and innovation.*The search for social, economic and cultural sustainability.*The role of governance and public action in urban ecology.A special feature of the book is the way the Old and New Towns are discussed as a connected problem of image and politics, rather than two isolated events in the history of the city. Likewise, the relations between the city centre, the suburban edge and beyond throughout the 20th century are examined holistically, allowing the reader to gain a broader perspective both of the city of today and of the future. What emerges is a city unique - at least in the UK - in terms of the care taken over its image and sense of identity, and the political and institutional investment made in preserving this.Key Features:*Deals with the development of the city in a holistic manner.*Relates the physical evolution of the city to wide social, cultural, economic and political movements in the UK and Europe.*Uses design, conservation, sustainability and governance as major structuring themes.*Presents fresh perspectives on the making and re-making of Edinburgh over a period of nearly 1,000 years.
Contents
INTRODUCTION; An introduction to Edinburgh and its relevance for urban development; Professor Brian Edwards, School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art and Dr. Paul Jenkins, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University; SECTION I THE ATHENS OF THE NORTH; 1. Early beginnings and urban growth up to c.1730: the evolution of the medieval and renaissance city; Dr Ian Campbell and Margaret Stewart, School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art; 2. Twinning cities: modernisation versus improvement in the two towns of Edinburgh; Professor Charles McKean, Professor of Scottish Architecture, University of Dundee; 3. Landscape, topography and hydrology; John Stuart-Murray, Head of School of Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art; SECTION II THE CITY IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE; 4. Capital landscapes: industry and the built environment in Edinburgh; Professor Richard Rodger, Professor of Urban History and Director of the Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester; 5. The development of tenement housing; Dr. Peter Robinson, Architect and Planner, Edinburgh;; SECTION III URBAN MANAGEMENT IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; 6. 'Conservative surgery' in Old Edinburgh, 1890-1940; Dr. Lou Rosenburg, Senior Research Fellow, School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art, and Jim Johnston, Architect; 7. Housing and suburbanisation in the early and mid 20th century; Dr. Miles Glendinning, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland; 8. The changing role of the planner before and after the Second World War and the effect on urban form; Professor Cliff Hague, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University; SECTION IV THE CITY IN THE POST-INDUSTRIAL AND POST-MODERN AGE; 9. New provision and conservation in the built environment in the latter part of the 20th century; Dr. Paul Jenkins and Dr. Julian Holder School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art and; 10. Preparing for the 21st century: the city in a global environment; Derek Kerr, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University; 11. The changing image and identity of the city in the 21st century: 'Athens of the North' or 'North of Athens'; Professor Cliff Hague and Dr. Paul Jenkins, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University;; CONCLUSIONS; 12. Learning from history; Professor Brian Edwards, School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art and Dr. Paul Jenkins, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University.
