Philanthropy and public enterprise: International exhibitions and the modern town planning movement, 18891913 Export

@article{citeulike:3758650, abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to explore how modern town planning became an international movement before 1914. In this formative period, there was a professionalization of skills in town planning which might have fragmented the movement. Yet this did not happen. Experts were held together by the search for a better urban environment for the future. This search took place at meetings held at world expositions in cities across Europe and North America and it was funded largely by private philanthropy. This unique context shaped international collaboration.}, author = {Meller, Helen}, citeulike-article-id = {3758650}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02665439508725825}, doi = {10.1080/02665439508725825}, journal = {Planning Perspectives}, keywords = {history, planning}, number = {3}, pages = {295--310}, posted-at = {2008-12-09 09:11:08}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Philanthropy and public enterprise: International exhibitions and the modern town planning movement, 1889–1913}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02665439508725825}, volume = {10}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3758650 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3758650 N2 - The purpose of this paper is to explore how modern town planning became an international movement before 1914. In this formative period, there was a professionalization of skills in town planning which might have fragmented the movement. Yet this did not happen. Experts were held together by the search for a better urban environment for the future. This search took place at meetings held at world expositions in cities across Europe and North America and it was funded largely by private philanthropy. This unique context shaped international collaboration. IS - 3 JF - Planning Perspectives EP - 310 TI - Philanthropy and public enterprise: International exhibitions and the modern town planning movement, 1889–1913 PB - Routledge VL - 10 SP - 295 KW - history KW - planning AU - Meller, Helen PY - 1995/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02665439508725825 ER -