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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785997003321

Titolo

Future city / / edited by Stephen Read, Jurgen Rosemann, Job van Eldijk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Spon Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-283-65626-4

0-203-85778-X

1-135-15958-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (604 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EldijkJob van

ReadStephen

RosemannJurgen

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Cities and towns

Sociology, Urban

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Communities - Urban Groups

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Form of the Future; Randstad From Randstad to Deltametropolis; Johannesburg Remaking Johannesburg; Sydney The Construction of Sydney's Global Image; Kuala Lumpur An Allegorical Postmetropolis; Berlin The Voids of Berlin; Mumbai Millennial Identities; Capitalism and the City; Exit 'Post' - the Making of 'Glocal' Urban Modernities; Reading the City in a Global Digital Age; Playing with Information; Los Angeles Cluster City; Amsterdam Beyond Inside and Out; Douala Local Navigation in Douala

Belgrade Evolution in an Urban JungleHong Kong The Experienced City; Milan Urban Footnotes; The Image of Metropolis; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.