The City Cultures Reader (Routledge Urban Reader Series)

Type

Book

Authors

ISBN 10

0415207347

ISBN 13

9780415207348

Tags

Urban & Land Use Planning, Regional, Human Geography, urban, Schools & Teaching, Architecture, Earth Sciences, geography, Sociology

Description

City Cultures Reader is an outstanding collection of 60 texts, focussing on the cultural aspects, frameworks and perceptions of cities. Organised into twelve sections this text draws on material from cultural studies, architectural criticism and theory, cultural and human geography, urban design and critical theory. This exciting collection of readings draws out the comparisons and contrasts of the city by the juxtaposition of texts in each section. The excellent line up of contributors discuss a variety of current issues including:· utopian and dystopian visions · ecology· social justice· city form· possible futures.· every day life - from Amzon

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