Main entry:

Renner, Robin, author.

Title & Author:

Urban being : anatomy & identity of the city / Robin Renner.

Edition:

1st edition = 1. Auflage.

Publication:

Salenstein : Niggli Verlag AG, 2018.
©2018

Description:

315 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
[I.] Macroregion : Definition -- Descriptive essay -- Density and dimensions : Eurasia ; America -- Vegetation and city growth : Africa ; South America -- The big three : Europe ; Northeast America ; Central Asia -- [II.] Surrounding : Definition : Europe ; Northeast America ; Central Asia -- Descriptive essay -- Typologies : City cluster: Sudogwon ; City densification: Upper Rhine Valley : Individual city: Central Valley Chile -- Urban nutrition arteries : Yangtze River Delta ; Northeast-American axis ; Central Valley Chile ; Upper Rhine Valley ; European core -- Topography and city growth : Mexico ; SP & RJ ; Sudogwon ; Central Valley Chile -- City cluster : Yantze River Delta ; Northeast-America axis ; European core ; North-Italian lowlands -- [III.] Urban being : Definition : Paris ; Berlin -- Descriptive essay -- Typologies -- Urban nutrition arteries : Munich ; Stuttgart ; Paris ; London ; New Delhi ; Moscow ; Melbourne ; Los Angeles ; Rio de Janeiro ; Dubai ; Tokyo ; Berlin -- Cellular structure : Rio de Janeiro ; Los Angeles ; Paris -- Industrial organs : Los Angeles ; London ; Edmonton -- Green systems : Munich ; Edmonton ; Yaoudé -- Megacities : Los Angeles ; Shanghai ; Mexico City ; London ; Tokyo -- [IV.] Urban nucleus : Definition -- Descriptive essay -- Typologies -- Freeways : Shanghai ; Munich ; Stuttgart -- Green lungs : Central Park, Manhattan ; English Garden, Munich ; Victoria Park, Adelaide ; Schlossgarten, Stuttgart ; Parque Forestal, Santiago de Chile ; Shanghai ; Rio de Janeiro -- Cellular structure : Cell sizes and functions ; Rio de Janeiro ; Munich ; Los Angeles ; Amsterdam -- [V.] Urban cell : Definition -- Descriptive essay -- Urban nutrition arteries : Main artery (boundary of the cell) ; Capillary street (slow traffic) ; Hipódromo, Mexico City ; Providencia, Santiago de Chile ; Former French concession, Shanghai -- Neighbourhood parks : Hipódromo, Mexico City ; City centre, Stuttgart ; Former French concession, Shanghai ; Southeast Edmonton, Edmonton ; Greenery -- Commercial network : Copacabana Rio de Janeiro ; Central Cell, Stuttgart ; Dong Qu, Taipeh ; Epping, outskirts of London -- Hipódromo, Mexico City -- Gastronomy : Central Cell, Stuttgart ; Former French concession, Shanghai ; Providencia, Santiago de Chile -- Commercial network & gastronomy : Old Town, Munich ; Manly, Sydney.
Parallel text in English and German.

ISBN:

9783721209686 (paperback)
3721209680 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture Human factors.
Architecture.
City planning.
Cities and towns.
City and town life.
Community development, Urban.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
Villes.
Vie urbaine.
Développement communautaire urbain.
cities.
Architektur
Gesellschaft
Stadtentwicklung

Holdings:

Location: Library main 297530
Call No.: BIB 243888
Status: Available