Title:
Cities for a small planet
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Physical Description:
xi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780571179930
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Summary
Summary
By the year 2025, three-quarters of the world's population will live in cities. In these lectures, one of Britain's most prominent architects attempts to show how a city can respect both people and the environment through urban planning.
Author Notes
Richard Rogers is the chair of the Urban Task Force. He is the prize-winning architect of the Pompidou Centre, Paris, the Lloyds Building and the Millennium Dome, London. He is a passionate advocate of beautiful cities as economic powerhouses, centres of invention, creativity and social integration.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. iv |
| Introduction | p. vi |
| 1 The Culture of Cities | p. 0 |
| 2 Suitainable Cities | p. 24 |
| 3 Sustainable Architecture | p. 64 |
| 4 London: the Humanist City | p. 102 |
| 5 Cities for a Small Planet | p. 144 |
| Bibliography | p. 177 |
| Index | p. 178 |
