Brook, Richard.

Urban maps : instruments of narrative and interpretation in the city / Richard Brook and Nick Dunn.

Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011.

xvi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"This book concerns the city and the 'devices' that define the urban environment by their presence, representation or interpretation. The texts offer an interdisciplinary discourse and critique of the complex systems, artifacts, interventions and evidences that can inform our understanding of urban territories; on surfaces, in the margins or within voids. The diverse media of arts practices as well as commercial branding are used to explore narratives that reveal latent characteristics of urban situations that conventional architectural inquiry is unable to do"--Pub. website.

9780754676577 (hbk.)
0754676579 (hbk.)
9781409461883 (pbk.)
1409461882 (pbk.)

Cities and towns Maps.
Urbanization Maps.
Urban geography.
Géographie urbaine.
human geography.
Architecture and Planning.
Cities and towns.
Urbanization.
Stadtgeographie.
Städtebau.
Urbanität.

Maps.
Cartes géographiques.

Dunn, Nick.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 274638
Cote: BIB 208458
Statut: Disponible