Metropolis : mapping the city
Black, Jeremy, 1955-2015
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The city: a place of hopes and dreams, destruction and conflict, vision and order. The first city atlas, the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', was published by Braun and Hogenburg in 1572 for the armchair traveller interested in a world that was opening up around him. Since then our fascination with foreign cities has not abated. This volume looks at the development of the mapping and representation of the city revealing how we organize the urban space. From skyline profiles, bird's eye views and panoramas, to the schematic maps of transport networks and road layouts to help us navigate, and statistical maps that can provide information on human aspirations, cities can reveal themselves in many ways.
Main title:
Metropolis : mapping the city / Jeremy Black ; contributing editor, Christopher Westhorp.
Author:
Black, Jeremy, 1955-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781844862207 (hbk)
Dewey class:
307.76307.76
Language:
English
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BRN:
2212982
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