{"product_id":"since-megalopolis-the-urban-writings-of-jean-gottman-the-urban-writings-of-jean-gottmann-9780801839276","title":"Since Megalopolis The Urban Writings of Jean","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollects some of the outstanding writings on the city by Gottmann since 1961, many of them out of print in English . . . The book is a minor masterpiece, a sympathetic but emphatic rebuttal of the presumptions of those who would plan our lives.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. The Opening of the Oyster Shell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Urban Origins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Orbits: The Ancient Mediterranean Tradition of Urban Networks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Urban Centrality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Urban Centrality and the Interweaving of Quaternary Activities\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Capital Cities\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Study of Former Capitals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. City and Metropolis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Economics, Esthetics, and Ethics in Modern Urbanization\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Growing City as a Social and Political Process\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Megalopolis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. How Large Can Cities Grow?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Megalopolitan Systems around the World\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Planning and Metamorphosis in Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. The Transactional City\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Office Work and the Evolution of Cities\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Urban Settlements and Telecommunications\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The Recent Evolution of Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI. Living in the Modern Metropolis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Ethics of Living at High Densities\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Urbanization and Employment: Toward a General Theory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. The Metamorphosis of the Modern Metropolis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII. Implications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Transatlantic Orbits: The Interplay in the Evolution of Cities\u003cbr\u003eUrban Publications by Jean Gottmann\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405183787351,"sku":"9780801839276","price":23.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801839276.jpg?v=1730489024","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/since-megalopolis-the-urban-writings-of-jean-gottman-the-urban-writings-of-jean-gottmann-9780801839276","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}