Future city [electronic resource] / edited by Stephen Read, Jurgen Rosemann, Job van Eldijk.

Contributor(s): Read, Stephen | Rosemann, Jurgen | Eldijk, Job van | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Spon Press, 2005Description: iv, 296 p. : ill. (some col.), mapsISBN: 9780203857786 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Cities and towns | Cities and towns -- Forecasting | Urbanization | City planning | Social change | Civilization, Modern -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 307.76 LOC classification: HT119 | .F87 2005Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction / Jurgen Rosemann -- The form of the future / Stephen Read -- Randstad, from Randstad to Deltametropolis / Dirk Frieling -- Johannesburg, remaking Johannesburg / Lindsay Bremner -- Sydney, the construction of Sydney's global image / Penelope Dean -- Kuala Lumpur, an allegorical postmetropolis / Ramesh Kumar Biswas -- Berlin, the voids of Berlin / Andreas Huyssen -- Mumbai, millennial identities / Jim Masselos -- Capitalism and the city / Richard Sennett -- Exit 'post' : the making of 'glocal' urban modernities / Erik Swyngedouw -- Reading the city in a global digital age / Saskia Sassen -- Playing with information / M. Christine Boyer -- Los Angeles, cluster city / Kazys Varnelis -- Amsterdam, beyond inside and out / Stephen Read -- Douala, local navigation in Douala / AbdouMaliq Simone -- Belgrade, evolution in an urban jungle / Stealth Group -- Hong Kong, the experienced city / Gary Chang -- Milan, urban footnotes / Stefano Boeri -- The image of metropolis / NEXT Architects.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Jurgen Rosemann -- The form of the future / Stephen Read -- Randstad, from Randstad to Deltametropolis / Dirk Frieling -- Johannesburg, remaking Johannesburg / Lindsay Bremner -- Sydney, the construction of Sydney's global image / Penelope Dean -- Kuala Lumpur, an allegorical postmetropolis / Ramesh Kumar Biswas -- Berlin, the voids of Berlin / Andreas Huyssen -- Mumbai, millennial identities / Jim Masselos -- Capitalism and the city / Richard Sennett -- Exit 'post' : the making of 'glocal' urban modernities / Erik Swyngedouw -- Reading the city in a global digital age / Saskia Sassen -- Playing with information / M. Christine Boyer -- Los Angeles, cluster city / Kazys Varnelis -- Amsterdam, beyond inside and out / Stephen Read -- Douala, local navigation in Douala / AbdouMaliq Simone -- Belgrade, evolution in an urban jungle / Stealth Group -- Hong Kong, the experienced city / Gary Chang -- Milan, urban footnotes / Stefano Boeri -- The image of metropolis / NEXT Architects.

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