Urban Tomographies

by Martin H. Krieger

Tomography is a method of exploring a phenomenon through a large number of examples or perspectives. In medical tomography, such as a CAT scan, two-dimensional slices or images of a three-dimensional organ are used to envision the organ itself. Urban tomography applies the same approach to the study of city life. To appreciate different aspects of a community, from infrastructure to work to worship, urban planning expert Martin H. Krieger scans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812243048
• ISBN13: 9780812243048
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"