期刊名称:Focus: Journal of the City and Regional Planning Department
印刷版ISSN:1549-3776
出版年度:2015
卷号:12
期号:1
页码:13
出版社:California Polytechnic State University
摘要:Modern city planning started with the Industrial Revolution and the scientific advances of the 19th Century. At the time, Catalan engineer Idelfons Cerdà coined the word "urbanism” as a new and necessary science to deal with cities, having three major preoccupations: hygiene, traffic, and equality. In this article, Judith Urbano discusses Cerda's plan for the expansion of Barcelona and why it is considered an icon of modern planning