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Splintering urbanism : networked infrastructures, technological mobilities and the urban condition / Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.Description: xxix, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415189640
  • 9780415189644
  • 0415189659
  • 9780415189651
  • (pbk.)
  • (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Splintering urbanism.LOC classification:
  • HT 153 .G72 2001
Contents:
1. Introduction -- pt. 1. Understanding splintering urbanism. 2. Constructing the modern networked city, 1850-1960 -- 3. The collapse of the integrated ideal -- 4. Practices of splintering urbanism -- 5. The city as sociotechnical process -- pt. 2. Exploring the splintering metropolis. 6. Social landscapes of splintering urbanism -- 7. "Glocal" infrastructure and the splintering of urban economies -- pt. 3. Placing splintering urbanism. 8. Conclusion.
Summary: This text offers an international and interdisciplinary analysis of the complex interactions between infrastructure networks and urban spaces. Drawing on case studies and examples from across the globe, it offers a statement on the urban condition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-462) and index.

1. Introduction -- pt. 1. Understanding splintering urbanism. 2. Constructing the modern networked city, 1850-1960 -- 3. The collapse of the integrated ideal -- 4. Practices of splintering urbanism -- 5. The city as sociotechnical process -- pt. 2. Exploring the splintering metropolis. 6. Social landscapes of splintering urbanism -- 7. "Glocal" infrastructure and the splintering of urban economies -- pt. 3. Placing splintering urbanism. 8. Conclusion.

This text offers an international and interdisciplinary analysis of the complex interactions between infrastructure networks and urban spaces. Drawing on case studies and examples from across the globe, it offers a statement on the urban condition.

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