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Title Future city / edited by Stephen Read, Jürgen Rosemann, Job van Eldijk
Published London ; New York : Spon Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (iv, 296 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents Introduction / Jürgen Rosemann -- The form of the future / Stephen Read -- Randstad, from Randstad to Deltametropolis / Dirk Frieling -- Johannesburg, remaking Johannesburg / Lindsay Bremner -- Sydney, the construction of Sydney's global image / Penelope Dean -- Kuala Lumpur, an allegorical postmetropolis / Ramesh Kumar Biswas -- Berlin, the voids of Berlin / Andreas Huyssen -- Mumbai, millennial identities / Jim Masselos -- Capitalism and the city / Richard Sennett -- Exit 'post' : the making of 'glocal' urban modernities / Erik Swyngedouw -- Reading the city in a global digital age / Saskia Sassen -- Playing with information / M. Christine Boyer -- Los Angeles, cluster city / Kazys Varnelis -- Amsterdam, beyond inside and out / Stephen Read -- Douala, local navigation in Douala / AbdouMaliq Simone -- Belgrade, evolution in an urban jungle / Stealth Group -- Hong Kong, the experienced city / Gary Chang -- Milan, urban footnotes / Stefano Boeri -- The image of metropolis / NEXT Architects
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cities and towns.
Cities and towns -- Forecasting
Urbanization.
City planning.
Social change.
Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
cities.
urbanization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
Cities and towns
Cities and towns -- Forecasting
City planning
Civilization, Modern
Social change
Urbanization
Stadtplanung
Globalisierung
Verstädterung
Sozialer Wandel
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Communities - Urban Groups.
Form Electronic book
Author Read, Stephen.
Rosemann, Jürgen.
Eldijk, Job van.
ISBN 9781135159580
1135159580
9780203857786
020385778X