Oh joy. [amazon_link id=”0691157812″ target=”_blank” ]The Atlas of Cities[/amazon_link] edited by Paul Knox has arrived in the post. It’s a series of essays with titles such as ‘The Industrial City’, ‘The Imperial City’, ‘The Green City’, ‘The Networked City’. Each has a ‘core’ city or two covered, and some secondary ones. For instance, for the Industrial City, Manchester is the main event, with appearances from Berlin, Chicago, Detroit, Sheffield, Glasgow and Dusseldorf. It’s also an absolutely beautifully produced book, with maps, pictures, infographics. It looks a complete treat.
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I´ve not read this book, but perhaps it should be read with Mike Davis´ “Planet of Slums”, “Building Jerusalem” by Tristan Hunt, and “A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain” by Owen Hatherley. Maybe Diane its time for one of your excellent lists?
Well, if we’re doing a list let me add a few:
– Saskia Sassen, The Global City
– John Reader, Cities
– Stephen Graham, Cities Under Siege
– David Harvey, Rebel Cities
– Herbert Girardet, Cities People Planet
and the recent Radical Cities by Jutin McGuirk.
Plus of course the magisterial Peter Hall/Manuel Castells, Technopoles of the World