Stockholm [ the making of a metropolis

"In this unique study of the Swedish capital, Thomas Hall focuses on the phases of development which shaped the Stockholm of the twenty-first century, and whose impacts can be clearly read in today's urban environment, often interwoven with each other." "Following the emergence o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hall, Thomas , 1939- (Author), Rèorby, Martin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2009
Series:Planning, history and environment
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Medieval Stockholm : a planned city?
  • 2. The capital of a great power
  • 3. The Lindhagen plan : a vision realized
  • 4. The completion of the inner city, 1900-1940
  • 5. The coming of the outer city : from Enskede to Skarpna?ck
  • 'A display window for Sweden' : the rise and fall of the city-centre reconstruction
  • 6. Concluding reflections : a look back at aspects of Stockholm's developments
  • 7. Stockholm in the new millennium
  • 8. Controversial metropolitan icons : tall buildings in the Stockholm