Download or read book Cerdá written by Ildefonso Cerdá and published by Sociedad Editorial Electa Espana, S.A.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish civil engineer, Ildefonso Cerda, invented the term 'urbanization' in 1860-61. His theory was the first in modern times to focus methodically on the city as a construction, its evolution and the workings and interaction of its constituent parts. This book is split into 5 sections: The Technical, Administrative, Legal, Economic and Political Bases of Urbanization. It is the first time Cerda's work has been published in English.