Main entry:

Wright, Herbert.

Title & Author:

Instant cities / Herbert Wright.

Publication:

London, UK : Black Dog Publishing, ©2008.

Description:

237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-236).
Growth / masterplan : Abuja ; Astana ; Kinshasa ; Siberia as analogeous territory / Alexander d'Hooghe -- Utopia / dystopia : Cumbernauld ; Dhavari ; Thames Town ; 12 ultimate critical steps to sudden urban success / Shumon Basar -- Fantasy / reality : The metabolists ; Second Life ; The explosion of space: architecture and the filmic imaginary / Anthony Vidler -- Nuclear / distributed : Atlanta ; Moscow City ; Stapleton ; Exopolis: the restructuring of the urban form / Edward Soja -- Nomadic / rooted : Dubai Metro ; Beijing Airport ; Somali refugees in Eastleigh, Nairobi / Manuel Herz -- Global / local : New Songdo City ; Tokyo ; (De)construction in (post)Socialist Europe: continuous and variable use of spaces and methods / Laszló Rajk -- Humanity / environment : Rizhao ; Archosanti ; Elevation and the future of green / Peter Clegg.

Summary:

Assesses the stratospheric rise of the city throughout history, surveying the exploding megacities in China, India, South America and elsewhere to the continuous remodeloing of Western cityscapes and the socialist experiments of the twentieth century.

ISBN:

1906155348 (hardcover)
9781906155346 (hardcover)

Subject:

Cities and towns.
City planning.
Cities and towns Case studies.
Cities
City Planning
Villes.
Villes Études de cas.
Urbanisme.
cities.
urban planning.
Großstadt
Stadtentwicklung
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Steden.
Cities and towns Growth History
City planning History
Urbanization History

Form/genre:

Case studies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258500
Call No.: BIB 189296
Status: Available