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Learning from Logistics: How Networks Change our Cities
Clare Lyster
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Description for Learning from Logistics: How Networks Change our Cities
Paperback. Logistics are central to contemporary urbanism. Looking at a city from the perspective of its systems rather than its form delineates a new framework for urbanism. This book undertakes an analysis of three major enterprises that heavily rely on sophisticated logistics - Amazon, FedEx, Ryan Air - and subsequently shows their impact on urbanism. Num Pages: 220 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, 20 schw.-w. u. 50 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. Weight in Grams: 585.
In the 19th century railroads and canals provided both structure and motor for city development. This role has been taken over today by the global flow of data and products, as the author argues. Flow of material and communication is the DNA of contemporary environments. This development has enormous and partially unfathomable implications for our city fabric. Logistics networks and their complex structure increasingly bear upon many urban spheres. Counter trends to the ubiquitous internet retail trade – to name one of the most palpable phenomena – are gaining momentum as well, exemplified by the criticism of labor conditions in ... Read more
In the 19th century railroads and canals provided both structure and motor for city development. This role has been taken over today by the global flow of data and products, as the author argues. Flow of material and communication is the DNA of contemporary environments. This development has enormous and partially unfathomable implications for our city fabric. Logistics networks and their complex structure increasingly bear upon many urban spheres. Counter trends to the ubiquitous internet retail trade – to name one of the most palpable phenomena – are gaining momentum as well, exemplified by the criticism of labor conditions in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
585g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
, Switzerland
ISBN
9783038214700
SKU
V9783038214700
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About Clare Lyster
Assistant Prof. of Architecture, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago
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