Main entry:

Gottmann, Jean, author, editor.

Title & Author:

Since Megalopolis : the urban writings of Jean Gottmann / edited by Jean Gottmann and Robert A. Harper.

Publication:

Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1990]
©1990

Description:

xii, 294 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 26 cm

Notes:
Contains excerpts from author's Megalopolis originally published by the Twentieth Century Fund in 1961.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
Orbits : the ancient Mediterranean tradition of urban networks -- Urban centrality and the interweaving of quaternary activities -- Capital cities -- The study of former capitals -- Economics, esthetics, and ethics in modern urbanization -- The growing city as a social and political process -- How large can cities grow? -- Megalopolitan systems around the world -- Planning and metamorphosis in Japan -- Office work and the evolution of cities -- Urban settlements and telecommunication -- The recent evolution of Oxford -- The ethics of living at high densities -- Urbanization and employment : towards a general theory -- The metamorphosis of the modern metropolis -- Transatlantic orbits : the interplay in the evolution cities.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents
Copertina
Indici

ISBN:

0801838126 (alk. paper)
9780801838125 (alk. paper)
0801839270 (paperback. ; alk. paper)
9780801839276 (paperback. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Gottmann, Jean 1915-1994
Cities and towns.
Cities and towns Growth.
Metropolitan areas.
Cities
Villes Croissance.
Agglomérations urbaines.
Villes.
cities.
metropolitan areas.
urban sprawl.
suburban growth.
Stadt
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtsoziologie
Aufsatzsammlung
Megapolis.
Urbanisatie.
Urban regions Development

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Harper, Robert Alexander, editor.
Gottmann, Jean. Megalopolis. Selections. 1989.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 54884
Call No.: ID:90-B3449
Status: Available