Urbanism and Its Expression in the African City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4861565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacques Binet, Susanna Contini (0000-0003-1588-3662) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 93 |
| Pages | 81-104 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/039219217602409305 |
| OpenAlex | W2058022815 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In European cities there is a clear-cut separation between center and suburbs. During the Middle Ages mainly the dictates of military strategy brought about the crowding of the population inside a belt of ramparts. Periodically this corset of walls proved too narrow, and consequently suburbs grew up along the roads leading from the city. These suburbs were in turn incorporated into the city, to be protected by a new enclosure, causing the (older walls to become circular avenues. Paris is a classic example; with its three successive lines of avenues surrounding concentric areas
Archaeology · Economic geography · Geography · New Urbanism · Sociology · Urbanism · Computer Science · Public Spaces through Art · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Architecture
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 1978 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |