Future City
Published on 20. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-415-28451-6 (ISBN)
Description
This text focuses on cities as the dominant form of human settlement for the future, examining the transformation that is happening in urban connobations worldwide today. The last few decades have seen a rate of change and growth in cities that has never been seen before, resulting in giant metropoles with over twenty million inhabitants. This book tackles the causes of these changes, and looks at how the planning and design of cities can shape the urban future.
Reviews / Votes
'A fruitful offering to critical studies and debate in architecture and urban theory.' - Journal of Architectural EducationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
350 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 20 s/w Zeichnungen
20 Line drawings, black and white; 350 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
803 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-28451-6 (9780415284516)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Stephen Read | Juergen Rosemann | Job van Eldijk
Future City
E-Book
10/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€86.99
Available for download
Stephen Read | Juergen Rosemann | Job van Eldijk
Future City
E-Book
10/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€86.99
Available for download
Stephen Read | Juergen Rosemann | Job van Eldijk
Future City
Book
06/2005
Routledge
€282.26
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Persons
Stephen Read, Juergen Rosemann, Job van Eldijk
Content
Introduction 1. The Form of the Future 2. From Randstad to Deltametropolis 3. Remaking Johannesburg 4. The Construction of Sydney's Global Image 5. Kuala Lumpur: An allegorical postmetropolis 6. The Voids of Berlin 7. Mumbai: Millennial Identities 8.Capitalism and the City 9. Exit 'post': The making of 'glocal' urban modernities 10. Reading the City in a Global Digital Age: Between topographic representation and spatialized power projects
11. Playing with Information: Urbanism in the twenty-first Century 12. Los Angeles, Cluster City 13. Amsterdam: Beyond inside and out 14. Local navigation in Douala 15. Hong Kong: The experienced city 16. Belgrade: Evolution in an urban jungle 17. Milan: Urban Footnotes 18. Millennium Tour
11. Playing with Information: Urbanism in the twenty-first Century 12. Los Angeles, Cluster City 13. Amsterdam: Beyond inside and out 14. Local navigation in Douala 15. Hong Kong: The experienced city 16. Belgrade: Evolution in an urban jungle 17. Milan: Urban Footnotes 18. Millennium Tour