A Negotiated Landscape: The Transformation Of San Franciscoæs Waterfront Since 1950 (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ)

A Negotiated Landscape examines the transformation of San FranciscoÆs iconic waterfront from the eve of its decline in 1950 to the turn of the millennium. What was once a major shipping port is now best known for leisure and entertainment. To understand this landscape Jasper Rubin not only explores the built environment but also the major forces that have been at work in its redevelopment. While factors such as new transportation technology and economic restructuring have been essential to the process and character of the waterfrontÆs transformation, the impact of local, grassroots efforts by planners, activists, and boosters have been equally critical. The first edition of A Negotiated Landscape won the 2012 prize for best book in planning history from the International Planning History Society. Much has changed in the five years since that edition was published. For this second edition, Rubin provides a new concluding chapter that updates the progress of planning on San FranciscoÆs waterfront and examines debates over the newest visions for its development.

• | Author: Jasper Rubin
• | Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 12, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 360 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 0822964171
• | ISBN-13: 9780822964179