Large cities in the 19th and the 20th centuries - crossroads of transformations. Urbanistic strategies in the comparative perspective

The primary aim of this work is to formulate the question, whether one can assume that is possible from the concrete historical context of some European cities in 19th century and 20th century taking account of the cities from another cultural territories to deduce typology of policies of urban dynamics of the European large cities in the 19th century and 20th century. Despite of title this work don't keep to select large cities strictly only - London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna. The work begins in Introduction by delineating historic method and topic. Subject of this work can be resume like this: urbanisation as primary meaning of 19th century, chronotop of cities in the 19th century and emergence of urbanism and town planning, i. e. idea that cities require particular diagnostic tools and conceptual language, modernization and industrialization founding origins of industrial cities, the most important infrastructure networks - electricity and sewage -as multiple impacts on urban forms and practices, appeareance of cities in the 20th century and at long last postmodernist epilogue. The focal point of this work is comparison of four urban strategies: haussmannization of Paris, redevelopment of London, the road to Great Berlin a building of Ringstrasse in Vienna. In broad terms, urban theory constitutes a series..