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Building the economic backbone of the Belgian welfare state : infrastructure, planning and architecture 1945-1973 /

The accommodation of a welfare state economy after 1945 profoundly changed the Belgian territory. Government support for private home ownership resulted in widespread suburban sprawl. This book investigates the new infrastructural and business backbone that supported this suburban realm. At first si...

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Main Authors: Ryckewaert, Michael
Published: Uitgeverij 010,
Publisher Address: Rotterdam :
Publication Dates: [2011]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
1900-1999
Regional planning > Belgium > History > 20th century.
City planning > Belgium > History > 20th century.
Urban policy > Belgium > History > 20th century.
Infrastructure (Economics) > Belgium.
Housing policy > Belgium > History > 20th century.
Architecture and state > Belgium > History > 20th century.
Architecture > Belgium > History.
Architecture and state > History > Belgium > 20th century.
Architecture > History > Belgium > 20th century.
City planning > History > Belgium > 20th century.
Housing policy > History > Belgium > 20th century.
Regional planning > History > Belgium > 20th century.
Urban policy > History > Belgium > 20th century.
Architecture.
Architecture and state.
City planning.
Housing policy.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Regional planning.
Urban policy.
Industrie.
Infrastruktur.
Stadtplanung
Städtebau.
Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
Wohlfahrtsstaat.
Regional planning > Belgium.
Architecture > Belgium > History > 20th century.
Postwar reconstruction > Belgium > History > 20th century.
Belgium.
Belgien.
History.
Summary: The accommodation of a welfare state economy after 1945 profoundly changed the Belgian territory. Government support for private home ownership resulted in widespread suburban sprawl. This book investigates the new infrastructural and business backbone that supported this suburban realm. At first sight the history of the construction of the highway network, the establishment of a tissue of consumer goods industries and the transformation of Brussels' periphery into a capital region reads as an account of economic policy and investment decisions. However, upon closer scrutiny, various urban models and architectural paradigms left their mark on these endeavors.
Carrier Form: 367 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-359) and index.
ISBN: 9789064507519
9064507511
Index Number: NA9000
CLC: TU984.564
Call Number: TU984.564/R991

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