The Metaphysical City: Six Ways of Understanding the Urban Milieu

ISBN-13: 9780367662783 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 184 str.

Rob Sullivan

Opis

This book examines the metaphorical existence of the city as an entity to understand its significance in planning and geography. Case studies of New York, Paris, Cairo, Mumbai, Tokyo and Los Angeles explore specific metaphors allowing the reader to understand the city from differing points of view.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The City as Creature: New York  2. The City as Human: Paris  3. The City as Jail Cell: Cairo  4. The City as Thing: Mumbai  5. The City as Home: Tokyo  6. The City as Spectacle: Los Angeles  Conclusion

O autorze

Rob Sullivan is a former lecturer in geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of Street Level: Los Angeles in the Twenty-First Century and Geography Speaks: Performative Aspects of Geography.