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020 _a9781783485277
_qpbk. : alk. paper
020 _a9781783485260
_qcloth : alk. paper
020 _a9781783485284
_qelectronic
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_beng
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049 _aCARIBET
050 0 0 _aHT151
_bH46 2016
082 0 0 _a307.76
100 1 _aHénaff, Marcel,
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245 1 4 _aThe City in the Making :
_cMarcel Hénaff ; translated by Anne-Marie Feenberg-Dibon.
_htxt
264 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRowman & Littlefield ,
_c2016.
300 _ax, 131 p.
_b22cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediaded
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338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
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500 _a"Originally published under the title La ville qui vient."
504 _aIncludes index and bibliographical references (p.119-123).
505 _aContents: Overture vii -- First Approach : Monument, Machine, Network 1 -- Introduction 3 -- 1. Monument: The City as Totality and Image of the World 5 -- 2. A Machine: The City that Organizes, Produces and Transforms 37 -- 3. Network: Exchanges, Circulation, Relations 55 -- Second Approach: Rethinking Public Space, Discovering Common Space 75 -- 4. The Double Meaning of Public Space 77 -- 5. First Problem: The Crisis of the Monumental Model 83 -- 6. Second Problem: The Crisis of the Public Sphere 95 -- 7. Third Problem: Rediscovering Common Space 103 -- Concluding Remarks : The Future City 113 -- Bibliography 119 -- Index 125 --
520 _aThe planet is urbanizing at an accelerating pace. More than half of the world's population now lives in metropolises. By 2030, that proportion is expected to increase to 60%. Even though many cities are unhealthy, the urban habitat seems destined to become the dominant way of life across the globe. What are the reasons for this rapid urbanization? What does it mean for architecture, society and culture? Originally published in French as La ville qui vient, The City in the Making is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary attempt to understand the nature of the urban phenomenon. Starting with the origins of the first known city, it explores the logic of its millennia-long formation in order to understand its contemporary upheavals, ongoing reconfiguration and future. The book engages with archeology, architecture, economics, philosophy and politics to explore the development of the contemporary cityscape and imagine its future development --
650 0 0 _aSociology urban
_9172116
_2Local
650 0 _aCities and towns
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