14 juill. 1867 - 1st 'Urbanisation’ term (Enlightenment Europe)
Description:
During the Enlightenment period, rulers often embarked on ambitious attempts at redesigning their capital cities as a showpiece for the grandeur of the nation. Disasters were often a major catalyst for planned reconstruction.Improvements were made in hygiene and fire safety with wider streets, stone construction and access to the river.
A Catalan engineer Ildefons Cerdà inventing the term ‘urbanisation’ and his approach was codified in his General Theory of Urbanisation (1867)
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Date:
14 juill. 1867
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~ Il y a 158 ans