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Cities are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis

Cities are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis

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作者: Leo Hollis 著

出版社: Bloomsbury UK

出版时间: 2013-04

ISBN: 9781408826614

定价: 256.50

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 416页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>哲学心理学

The21stcenturywillbetheageofthecity.Alreadyover50%oftheworldpopulationliveinurbancentresandoverthecomingdecadesthispercentagewillincrease-withconsequencesforusall.Butthisdoesnotmeanthatthingswillonlygetworse.Infactoururbanfuturemightjustbesomethingtolookforwardto.Blendinganecdote,factandfirsthandencounters-fromexploringtheslumsofMumbai,tovisitingroof-topfarmsinBrooklynandattendingsecretdinnerpartiesinParis,toridingthebusinLatinAmerica-LeoHollisrevealsthatwehavemisunderstoodhowcitiesworkfortoolong.Upendinglong-heldassumptionsandchallengingacceptedwisdom,heexplores:whycitiescanneverberational,organisedplaces;howwecanwalkinacrowdwithoutbumpingintopeople,andifwecandesignplacesthatmakepeoplewanttokiss;whetherwehavetherightsolutiontotheproblemoftheslums;howants,slimemouldandtrafficjamscanmakeusrethinkcongestion.Andaboveall,theunexpectedreasonswhylivinginthecitycanmakeusfitter,richer,smarter,greener,morecreative-and,perhaps,evenhappier.CitiesAreGoodforYouintroducesdreamers,planners,revolutionaries,writers,scientists,architects,slum-dwellersandemperors.Itisshapedbytheideathatcitiesarethegreatestsocialexperimentinhumanhistory,builtforpeople,andbythepeople.
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The21stcenturywillbetheageofthecity.Alreadyover50%oftheworldpopulationliveinurbancentresandoverthecomingdecadesthispercentagewillincrease-withconsequencesforusall.Butthisdoesnotmeanthatthingswillonlygetworse.Infactoururbanfuturemightjustbesomethingtolookforwardto.Blendinganecdote,factandfirsthandencounters-fromexploringtheslumsofMumbai,tovisitingroof-topfarmsinBrooklynandattendingsecretdinnerpartiesinParis,toridingthebusinLatinAmerica-LeoHollisrevealsthatwehavemisunderstoodhowcitiesworkfortoolong.Upendinglong-heldassumptionsandchallengingacceptedwisdom,heexplores:whycitiescanneverberational,organisedplaces;howwecanwalkinacrowdwithoutbumpingintopeople,andifwecandesignplacesthatmakepeoplewanttokiss;whetherwehavetherightsolutiontotheproblemoftheslums;howants,slimemouldandtrafficjamscanmakeusrethinkcongestion.Andaboveall,theunexpectedreasonswhylivinginthecitycanmakeusfitter,richer,smarter,greener,morecreative-and,perhaps,evenhappier.CitiesAreGoodforYouintroducesdreamers,planners,revolutionaries,writers,scientists,architects,slum-dwellersandemperors.Itisshapedbytheideathatcitiesarethegreatestsocialexperimentinhumanhistory,builtforpeople,andbythepeople.

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