Thursday, March 22, 2012

Fundamental Trends in City Development

Fundamental Trends in City Development

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Fundamental Trends in City Development

2008 | 220 | ISBN: 354074178X | PDF | 3 Mb

What do phenomena like sprawl, generic city or urban segregation have in common with the concept of the city? This is not an easy question. It is nevertheless the inquiry this book is based on, mainly because of the bewilderment we feel when faced with these phenomena that are spread throughout the urban world and constitute a tall order for our concepts of the city. Expressions like discomposed city, generic city and segregated city refer to entities that share the loss of the city as a space of communication and social interaction and as the space of the public sphere....

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