Sociology and Space, No. 31-32, 1971.
Review article
A man in an urban environment (origination, interpretations, open questions)
Milan Prelog
Abstract
The author in the first article tries to answer the key questions of contemporary
urbanism, which, according to him, opposes the »chaos«. Using jdiorter
historical retrospective observations, he comes to the conclusion that the contemporary
criticism is still stronTy Influenced by »the ideological burden of pre-industrial
society.«
Using an analytical approach, the author evaluates the mam features of a
modern urbanization which is characterized by »a megalopolis in a state of permanent
origination.« Therefore, observes the author, a social organization of an
urban settlement in a state of expansion is very complex. More or less the general
orientation tends to the creation of smaller or larger organic megalopolis wholes.
In fact, this means »the reconstruction« of previous small urban centers. There
are even tendencies to a creation of town-gardens, i. e. amalgamation with agriculture
as a natural mode of existence. Of course, there are tendencies orientated
to »the urbanism of scientific fiction.«
A man, according to the author's opinion, becomes »captured« in an urbanized
complex too, as well as by the progress of technology.
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119362
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Publication date:
10.6.1971.
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