Cities And Years
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Cities
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Author : Monica L. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2019-04-18
Cities written by Monica L. Smith and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-18 with Social Science categories.
A FASCINATING INVESTIGATION INTO THE HISTORY OF CITIES: WHY DID THEY OCCUR, HOW HAVE THEY EVOLVED, WHY DO SO MANY OF US CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THEM AND HOW DO THEY AFFECT US? ‘Monica Smith is the person best qualified to write a book about the big problems raised by the increasing concentration of the human population into cities. She also has a gift for vivid writing that will make the science of cities come to life for the broad public. I expect that CITIES will be a great read and will sell well.’ Jared Diamond, author of Collapse Over half of the world’s population lives in an urban area and cities around the globe are getting bigger and bigger. Love them or hate them, more and more of us are choosing to live in them. Cities investigates the following intriguing questions: why did cities start to occur around 6,000 years ago, how have they evolved, why do so many of us choose to live in them, how do they affect us, and what does the future hold at a time when we’re increasingly connected by technology? In Cities, Monica L. Smith points out that, even if you don’t live in a city, your life is inevitably affected by one, whether you commute into one for work, sell coffee beans to a company that supplies urban coffee shops, or host city-dwelling tourists seeking adventure and respite from the city in your remote village. Using fascinating anecdotes and research findings from her work as an archaeologist, Smith also reveals that many of the problems that we associate with modern cities (violence, hyperconsumption, etc.) have, in fact, always existed. And, more positively, how many of the things that draw us to cities in modern times (educational and economic opportunities, social mobility, culture) are the things that have drawn us to them since they first appeared. She also makes the controversial argument that it’s down to cities that the middle class exists and she examines why social movements flourish in cities in a way they rarely do in rural settings.
3000 Years Of Urban Growth
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Author : Tertius Chandler
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2013-09-24
3000 Years Of Urban Growth written by Tertius Chandler and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-24 with Social Science categories.
3000 Years of Urban Growth compiles urban population data acquired from large cities at different points in time throughout the centuries. This book describes the sources and methods used in historical urban studies, including an evaluation of the total size estimates, area, institutional factors, and volume of local activity. Illustrations of maps that locate large cities from several time tables and regions of the world are also provided. This text likewise covers the data sheets for ancient cities from 1360 B.C. to 200 B.C. and 100 A.D. to 622 A.D. The data sheets from 800 to 1850 A.D. provide estimates for countries such as Italy, Afghanistan, France, Brazil, India, and Russia. Other topics include the world's largest cities from 430 B.C. to200 B.C., top six cities in each continent from 800 to 1850, and whereabouts of unfamiliar cities not shown on the maps. This publication is a good source for sociologists, historians, and researchers interested in population studies.
Cities And Years
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Author : Konstantin Fedin
language : ru
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Cities And Years written by Konstantin Fedin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.
Cities And Years A Novel
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Author : Konstantin Fedin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Cities And Years A Novel written by Konstantin Fedin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with categories.
Cities In Civilization
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Author : Peter Hall
language : en
Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Release Date : 1998-01
Cities In Civilization written by Peter Hall and has been published by George Weidenfeld & Nicholson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01 with Cities and towns categories.
The product of over a decade's research and writing, Peter Hall's magnum opus explores the history of cities and their role in the development of civilisation from the cultural crucibles of Athens in the sixth century BC to the city as freeway, Los Angeles. A major book which will stand alongside such successful works of popular scholarship as Simon Schama's Citizens, Rob Hughes The shock of the New Orlando Figes' A peoples tragedy.
Cities And Years
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Author : Константин Федин
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Cities And Years written by Константин Федин and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Berlin (Germany) categories.
Changing Chinese Cities
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Author : Renee Y. Chow
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2015-04-30
Changing Chinese Cities written by Renee Y. Chow and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-30 with Architecture categories.
Until the middle of the twentieth century, Chinese urban life revolved around courtyards. Whether for housing or retail, administration or religion, everyday activities took place in a field of pavilions and walls that shaped collective ways of living. Changing Chinese Cities explores the reciprocal relations between compounds and how they inform a distinct and legible urbanism. Following thirty years of economic and political containment, cities are now showcases whose every component street, park, or building is designed to express distinctiveness. This propensity for the singular is erasing the relational fields that once distinguished each city. In China's first tier cities, the result is a cacophony of events where the extraordinary is becoming a burden to the ordinary. Using a lens of urban fields, Renee Y. Chow describes life in neighborhoods of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and its canal environs. Detailed observations from courtyard to city are unlayered to reveal the relations that build extended environments. These attributes are then relayered to integrate the emergence of forms that are rooted to a place, providing a new paradigm for urban design and master planning. Essays, mappings and case studies demonstrate how the design of fields can be made as compelling as figures. Fully illustrated in colour with 82 maps and architectural drawings, and 33 photographs.
Cities And Years
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Author : Konstantin Fedin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Cities And Years written by Konstantin Fedin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with categories.
Four Thousand Years Of Urban Growth
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Author : Tertius Chandler
language : en
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Release Date : 1987-01-01
Four Thousand Years Of Urban Growth written by Tertius Chandler and has been published by Edwin Mellen Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with Social Science categories.
A complete revision of Three Thousand Years of Urban Growth by the same author, this book covers the populations of cities and their suburbs from 2250 BC to 1975. It presents: continental tables and maps; data sheets for ancient cities; and tables and maps of the world's largest cities.
Cities And Development
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Author : Sean Fox
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-02-11
Cities And Development written by Sean Fox and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-11 with Science categories.
For the first time in human history more people now live and towns and cities than in rural areas. In the wealthier countries of the world, the transition from predominantly rural to urban habitation is more or less complete. But in many parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America, urban populations are expanding rapidly. Current UN projections indicate that virtually all population growth in the world over the next 30 years will be absorbed by towns and cities in developing countries. These simple demographic facts have profound implications for those concerned with understanding and addressing the pressing global development challenges of reducing poverty, promoting economic growth, improving human security and confronting environmental change. This revised and expanded second edition of Cities and Development explores the dynamic relationship between urbanism and development from a global perspective. The book surveys a wide range of topics, including: the historical origins of world urbanization; the role cities play in the process of economic development; the nature of urban poverty and the challenge of promoting sustainable livelihoods; the complexities of managing urban land, housing, infrastructure and urban services; and the spectres of endemic crime, conflict and violence in urban areas. This updated volume also contains two entirely new chapters: one that examines the links between urbanisation and environmental change, and a second that focuses on urban governance and politics. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, the book critically engages with debates in urban studies, geography and international development studies. Each chapter includes supplements in the form of case studies, chapter summaries, questions for discussion and suggested further readings. The book is targeted at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in geography, urban studies and international development studies, as well as policy makers, urban planners and development practitioners.