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City Riffs Ubanism, Ecology, Place
Richard Plunz
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Description for City Riffs Ubanism, Ecology, Place
Paperback. A journey around the world of sustainable urban design. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; AMVD; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
'City Riffs' traces the changing perspectives of urban design within an ever-changing global context. Moving between sixteen cities, the book also considers trans-disciplinary aspects of urbanism; formal and informal growth in Kumasi and Caracas, post-colonial structures in New Delhi and Prague, post-urban phenomena in Detroit and Brussels; cultural transitions in Antwerp and Salzburg; the changing nature of place in Seoul and Mostar; and new ecological realities in New York and Rome. Urbanism is viewed as the production of space-integrating aspects of design, ecology, and engineering, as well as other influences on urban cognition such as social, economical, and psychological interactions. ... Read more
'City Riffs' traces the changing perspectives of urban design within an ever-changing global context. Moving between sixteen cities, the book also considers trans-disciplinary aspects of urbanism; formal and informal growth in Kumasi and Caracas, post-colonial structures in New Delhi and Prague, post-urban phenomena in Detroit and Brussels; cultural transitions in Antwerp and Salzburg; the changing nature of place in Seoul and Mostar; and new ecological realities in New York and Rome. Urbanism is viewed as the production of space-integrating aspects of design, ecology, and engineering, as well as other influences on urban cognition such as social, economical, and psychological interactions. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baden, Switzerland
ISBN
9783037785003
SKU
V9783037785003
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Ref
99-15
About Richard Plunz
RICHARD PLUNZ is Professor of Architecture and Director of the Earth Institute's Urban Design Lab at Columbia University, where he has also chaired the Division of Architecture and directed the Urban Design Program at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
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