World cities, city worlds : explorations with icons, metaphors and perspectives / by William Solesbury.

By:

Solesbury, William [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018Description: 1 online resource (xi, 283 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781527523630
1527523632

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: World cities, city worlds.DDC classification:

307.76 23

LOC classification:

HT119 .S652 2018eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Introduction : Making sense of cities -- Living together : cities as communities -- Legacy : Venice past and present -- Conflict : cities as battlegrounds -- Transformation : Mumbai's many worlds -- Images and narratives : artists' cities -- Energy : novelty and excess in New York -- Transactions : cities as marketplaces -- Space and time : analysts' cities -- Metamorphosis : Tokyo's renewals and reinventions - Efficiency and order : cities as machines -- Variety : the contradictions of Paris -- Power : rulers' cities -- Modernity : Los Angeles' rise and fall -- Growth and adaptation : cities as organisms -- Getting by : city life -- Postscript : Cities as heaven and hell.

Summary: "When living and working in cities, we need to make sense of them in order to get by. We must delve below their surface to understand what makes them tick and how we can best engage with them. This book argues that three tropes can help us: namely, metaphors, icons and perspectives. Metaphorically, we can see the city as a community, a battleground, a marketplace, a machine or an organism. Some cities are iconic; they present us with characteristics that are more generally true of cities and city life, such as Venice, Mumbai, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Los Angeles. Cities can also be viewed from different perspectives: those of artists, analysts, rulers and citizens. This book explores these ways of understanding cities, drawing on rich accounts of cities across the world and through time." --Back cover.

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Previously published by the author through the Matador self-publishing platform in 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"When living and working in cities, we need to make sense of them in order to get by. We must delve below their surface to understand what makes them tick and how we can best engage with them. This book argues that three tropes can help us: namely, metaphors, icons and perspectives. Metaphorically, we can see the city as a community, a battleground, a marketplace, a machine or an organism. Some cities are iconic; they present us with characteristics that are more generally true of cities and city life, such as Venice, Mumbai, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Los Angeles. Cities can also be viewed from different perspectives: those of artists, analysts, rulers and citizens. This book explores these ways of understanding cities, drawing on rich accounts of cities across the world and through time." --Back cover.

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