the changing physical, economic, social and environmental conditions of a global metropolis Gil, Iker. text sp 2008 First edition monographic eng

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271 p. ill. (chiefly col.) ; maps ; 24 cm. Contents: 20 Physical Transformation Maps, Charts and Graphs -- 66 Shanghai Robert Venturi + Denise Scott Brown -- 72 Shanghai’s Spectacles Sharon Haar -- 76 Urbanizing China Peter G. Rowe -- 80 Disaggregating the Global Economy: Shanghai Saskia Sassen -- 86 Economic Transformation Maps, Charts and Graphs -- 150 Nostalgia Haolun Shu -- 152 Shanghai Transforming Juan de Dios Perez -- 156 Shanghai Back Lot Greg Girard -- 160 Close-Up: Shanghai? Jonathan Miller -- 170 Social Transformation Maps, Charts and Graphs -- 204 From Lilong to International Community Xiangning Li + Xiaochun Zhang -- 212 Boys of “Long-Tang” Weigang Qiu -- 214 Towards a Precipitous Typology Silas Chiow -- 218 Environmental Transformation Maps, Charts and Graphs -- 250 Poles Sol Madridejos + Juan Carlos Sancho -- 258 Chongming Island: Greening Shanghai in the 21st-Century Philip Enquist -- 266 Contributors -- 267 Acknowledgments -- 268 Illustration Credits -- Iker Gil, ed. Collected essays. Text in English. Includes bibliographical references. Urbanization China Shanghai Shanghai (China) Environmental conditions 21st century Shanghai (China) Social conditions 21st century Shanghai (China) Economic conditions 21st century NA1547.S5 G55 2008 9788496954663 pucpr 051910 20260930105928.0 eng