Main entry:

Graham, Stephen, 1965- author.

Title & Author:

Vertical : the city from satellites to bunkers / Stephen Graham.

Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2016.

Description:

xiii, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface. Dubai, January 2010 -- Introduction. Going vertical -- Part one. Above. Satellite : enigmatic presence -- Bomber : death from above -- Drone : robot imperium -- Helicopter : direct arrival -- Favela : tenuous city -- Elevator/lift : going up -- Skyscraper : vanity and violence -- Housing : luxified skies -- Skywalk/skytrain/skydeck : multilevel cities -- Air : lethal domes -- Part two. Below. Ground : making geology -- Basement/cellar : urban undergrounds -- Sewer : sociology and shit -- Bunker/tunnel : subsurface sanctuaries -- Mine : extractive imperialism on the deep frontier -- Afterword.

Summary:

"From the penthouse to the sewers--the political geography of the vertical city Vertical is a brilliant re-imagining of the world we live in. Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map. In Vertical Stephen Graham rewrites the city at every level, calling for a new understanding of our surroundings that takes into account above and below: why Dubai has been built to be seen from GoogleEarth; how the superrich in Sao Paulo live their penthouse lives far from the street; why London billionaires build vast subterranean basements rather than move house. Vertical will make you look at the city anew: from the viewfinders of drones, satellites, from the top of skyscrapers, at street-level and from underground bunkers: this is a new politics of space and geography"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781781687932 (hardback)
1781687935 (hardback)
(US ebk)
9781781689967
(UK ebk)
9781781689950
1781689962
1781689954

Subject:

Cities and towns Growth.
Land use, Urban.
Space (Architecture) Social aspects.
Villes Croissance.
Utilisation urbaine du sol.
Espace (Architecture) Aspect social.
suburban growth.
urban sprawl.
urban land use.
SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology Urban.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy City Planning & Urban Development.
ARCHITECTURE General.
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Vertikale
Unterirdisches Bauwerk
Hochhaus
Sociology, Urban.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293773
Call No.: BIB 238947
Status: Available