The spectator and the topographical city / Martin Aurand.

Main entry:

Aurand, Martin.

Title & Author:

The spectator and the topographical city / Martin Aurand.

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 232 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index.
Perceiving the topographical city -- In view of a Golden Triangle -- Scenes from the Turtle Creek Valley -- Oakland and the complex vista.

Summary:

This book examines Pittsburgh's built environment as it relates to the city's unique topography. Martin Aurand explores the conditions present in the natural landscape that led to the creation of architectural forms; man's response to an unruly terrain of hills, hollows, and rivers.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

0822942887 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822942887 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822942887

Subject:

Human ecology Pennsylvania Pittsburgh.
Urban ecology (Sociology) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh.
Écologie humaine Pennsylvanie Pittsburgh.
Écologie urbaine Pennsylvanie Pittsburgh.
Human ecology.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urbanisme Écologie États-Unis Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 265097
Call No.: BIB 196517
Status: Available

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