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Splintering urbanism : networked infrastructures, technological mobilities and the urban condition / Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin.
Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.Description: xxix, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415189640
- 9780415189644
- 0415189659
- 9780415189651
- (pbk.)
- (pbk.)
- Cities and towns
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- Computer networks
- Technology -- Social aspects
- Globalization
- Information society
- Villes -- Effets des innovations sur
- Mondialisation
- Urbanisme
- 74.72 urban planning
- Cities and towns
- Globalization
- Information society
- Technology -- Social aspects
- Metropolen
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- Computer networks
- Technology -- Social aspects
- Globalization
- Information society
- HT 153 .G72 2001
Contents:
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.
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.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HT 153 .G72 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5182571 |
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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