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ISBN
9780415860437
Published
2013-05-07
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
400 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
222
Author
Professor Bird presents a synthesis of the many approaches to the study of a central featuer of modern life - the city, including its distant past and its future. He sees centrality as a mental projection on to space, and discusses the concept in relation to three types of its manifestation in spatial terms: the city as centre of a tributary region; the centres and central areas of cities themselves; and the city considered as a centre or gateway for other distant regions, often overseas.
This book should do much to unravel the funamental similarities between cities of the world while recognizing the myriad variations upon a common theme.
This book was first published in 1977.
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Introduction: Conjectures on centrality 1. Centre genesis 2. Evolution of central areas 3. In downtown (1): the framework of order 4. In downtown (2): Measurement, accessibility, change 5. Centre-periphery contrasts 6. Three theory types as variations of city centrality 7. Centrality, perception and the future 8. Envoi
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Product details
ISBN
9780415860437
Published
2013-05-07
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
400 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
222
Author