Black, Jeremy, 1955- author.
Metropolis : mapping the city / Jeremy Black ; contributing editor Christopher Westhorp.
London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
The city: a place of hopes and dreams, destruction and conflict, vision and order. The first city atlas, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, was published by Braun and Hogenburg in 1572 for the armchair traveller interested in a world that was opening up around him. Since then our fascination with foreign cities has not abated. This sumptuous volume looks at the development of the mapping and representation of the city revealing how we organize the urban space. From skyline profiles, bird's eye views and panoramas, to the schematic maps of transport networks and road layouts to help us navigate, and statistical maps that can provide information on human aspirations, cities can reveal themselves in many ways. Focusing on key points in the development of urban representation and including visions of the future of how we would be living today, this enlightening book illustrates some of the oldest, youngest, liveliest, and most contested cities in the world.
9781844862207
1844862208
Cities and towns Maps.
Metropolitan areas Maps.
Society.
Cities and towns.
Metropolitan areas.
Metropole
Großstadt
Stadt
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
Stadtplan
Vedute
Karte
Stadtkartografie
Maps.
Cartes géographiques.
Westhorp, Christopher, editor.
Westhorp, Christopher editor.
Location: Library main 291212
Call No.: BIB 234688
Status: External loan
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