Self-Organization and the City

by Juval Portugali

Book Overview

Cities first came into existence more than five thousand years ago. How to deal with these partly fascinating, partly frightening creatures of mankind, both practically and intellectually, concerns all of us and, in particular, presents areal challenge to city planners. Each historical epoch has had its own par- ticular attitudes associated with the "Zeitgeist". Accordingly, the planning and steering of cities were based on quite different criteria...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642084818
• ISBN13: 9783642084812
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"