ISBN-13: 9780415189651 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 512 str.
ISBN-13: 9780415189651 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 512 str.
Two defining processes shape our age: the urbanization of our planet and the uneven connections of globalization. Both are underpinned by radical transformations of networked infrastructures: telecommunications, transport, energy, water, and even urban streets. Splintering Urbanism offers an analysis of the contemporary urban condition through the lens of such infrastructure networks. It develops an international and interdisciplinary analysis of the complex interactions between infrastructure networks, new technologies, and contemporary urban spaces. The text offers a perspective on: globalization and the city; technology and the city; urban, architectural and social theory; infrastructure, architecture and the built environment; social, economic and physical transformations in cities; and developed, post-colonial and post-communist worlds. To illustrate these discussions, Splintering Urbanism brings together a global selection of case studies, examples and boxed extracts. These take the reader on a global journey encompassing financial districts in New York and Tokyo;