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City : a guidebook for the urban age / P.D. Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 383 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781408824436 (pbk)
  • 1408824434 (pbk)
  • 9781408801918 (hbk)
  • 1408801914 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76 23
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Arrival -- The City in the Lake -- The Golden Door -- Skyline -- The Central Station -- 2.History -- Origins -- The Ideal City -- New Town -- Necropolis -- The City Wall -- 3.Customs -- Writing -- Street Language -- ̀Kilroy was here' -- The Voice of the Street -- Carnival! -- The House of God -- 4.Where To Stay -- Downtown -- Chinatown, Little Italy and the Ghetto -- Slum City -- From Garden Suburbs to Boomburbs -- The Hotel -- 5.Getting Around -- Walking -- Traffic -- Going Underground -- The Skyscraper -- 6.Money -- Markets -- The Jewel Box of the World -- Got to Pick a Pocket or Two -- The Department Store -- 7.Time Out -- The City and the Stage -- City of the Mind -- Street Food -- Gladiators and Marathon Runners -- The Park -- 8.Beyond The City -- The Wired City -- Eco-Cities -- Futuropolis -- The Ruins.
Summary: For the first time in the history of the planet, more than half the population - 3.3 billion people - are now living in cities. Two hundred years ago only 3 per cent of the world's population were urbanites, a figure that had remained fairly stable (give or take the occasional plague) for about 1000 years. By 2030, 60 per cent of us will be urban dwellers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Arrival -- The City in the Lake -- The Golden Door -- Skyline -- The Central Station -- 2.History -- Origins -- The Ideal City -- New Town -- Necropolis -- The City Wall -- 3.Customs -- Writing -- Street Language -- ̀Kilroy was here' -- The Voice of the Street -- Carnival! -- The House of God -- 4.Where To Stay -- Downtown -- Chinatown, Little Italy and the Ghetto -- Slum City -- From Garden Suburbs to Boomburbs -- The Hotel -- 5.Getting Around -- Walking -- Traffic -- Going Underground -- The Skyscraper -- 6.Money -- Markets -- The Jewel Box of the World -- Got to Pick a Pocket or Two -- The Department Store -- 7.Time Out -- The City and the Stage -- City of the Mind -- Street Food -- Gladiators and Marathon Runners -- The Park -- 8.Beyond The City -- The Wired City -- Eco-Cities -- Futuropolis -- The Ruins.

For the first time in the history of the planet, more than half the population - 3.3 billion people - are now living in cities. Two hundred years ago only 3 per cent of the world's population were urbanites, a figure that had remained fairly stable (give or take the occasional plague) for about 1000 years. By 2030, 60 per cent of us will be urban dwellers.

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