The Kinetic City & Other Essays

by Rahul Mehrotra

Book Overview

This book presents Rahul Mehrotra's writings over the last thirty years and illustrates his long-term engagement with and analysis of urbanism in India. This work has given rise to a new conceptualization of the city. Mehrotra calls it the Kinetic City, which is the counterpoint to the Static City, as familiar to most of us from conventional city maps. He argues that the city should instead be perceived, read, and mapped in terms of patterns of occupation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3966800136
• ISBN13: 9783966800136
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Architangle
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.8" x 9.0"