City Riffs: Urbanism, Ecology, Place

By Richard Plunz

City Riffs traces the changing perspectives of urban design within an ever-changing global context. Moving between sixteen cities, the book also considers trans-disciplinary aspects of urbanism; formal and informal growth in Kumasi and Caracas, post-colonial structures in New Delhi and Prague, post-urban phenomena in Detroit and Brussels; cultural transitions in Antwerp and Salzburg; the changing nature of place in Seoul and Mostar; and new ecological realities in New York and Rome. Urbanism is viewed as the production of space-integrating aspects of design, ecology, and engineering, as well as other influences on urban cognition such as social, economical, and psychological interactions. As it covers a wide range of places and methods, this book will be an asset to anyone who works on, lives in, or thinks about cities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3037785004
• ISBN13: 9783037785003
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.4"