Gardens, City Life and Culture

A World Tour

Michel Conan, Wangheng Chen, Nicholas Dagen Bloom , Sylvie Brosseau

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English

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
01 June 2008

Landscape art & architecture; Urban communities

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Garden History

Gardens have exerted a deep influence on the culture of cities. Considering each city as a whole, this book presents the profoundly different roles of gardens in cultural development and social life. Private and princely gardens, from Roman antiquity to approximately 1850, are considered, whether in China, India, the Ottoman Empire, Europe, or the United States. Turning to the subject of planning, the dire lack of a municipal garden policy is examined in contemporary Marrakech. In-depth evaluations of parks and garden planning reveal the successes and limitations of different policies in Stockholm, Tokyo, Kerala (India), historic Suzhou (China), and the U.S. New Towns of the 1960s. This book unveils an exciting domain of interplay between public and private action that is little known by citizen groups, city planners, and managers.

Contributions by: Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Sylvie Brosseau, U. M. Chandrashekara
Edited by: Michel Conan, Wangheng Chen
Imprint: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 267mm, Width: 241mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.338kg
ISBN: 9780884023289
ISBN 10: 0884023281
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Garden History
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 01 June 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michel Conan is Director of Garden and Landscape Studies, Dumbarton Oaks. Chen Wangheng is Professor of Humanities at Wuhan University.