Rethinking the American city : an international dialogue / edited by Miles Orvell and Klaus Benesch ; foreword by Dolores Hayden.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
  • Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
  • ©2014
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : illustrations

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Subject(s)
Editor
Author
Writer of foreword
Series
Architecture, technology, culture [More in this series]
Summary note
Utilizing an innovative framework as an international, interdisciplinary dialogue, the volume provides an inventory of contemporary thought about the American city across a wide range of topics, including the design of transportation systems, workplaces, and housing to public art, urban ruins, and futurist visions.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword / Hayden, Dolores
  • Introduction / Orvell, Miles ; Benesch, Klaus
  • Energy / Nye, David E.
  • Sustainability / Ross, Andrew
  • The Multicultural City / Wilson, Mabel O.
  • Ruins / Orvell, Miles
  • Aesthetic Space / Lubin, David M.
  • Designing the City / Yaneva, Albena
  • Mobility / Benesch, Klaus
  • The Digital City / McCullough, Malcolm
  • Future City / Meikle, Jeffrey L.
  • Conclusion
  • List of Contributors
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.
ISBN
  • 9780812209013 ((e-book))
  • 081220901X ((e-book))
OCLC
868916065
Other standard number
  • ebc3442300
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