American Cities & Technology: Wilderness to Wired CityPsychology Press, 1999 - 267 páginas Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the American Cities and Technology textbook. Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the 'wired city' concept of the 1960s and internet communications of the 1990s.Its focus extends beyond the US to include telecomunications in Asian cities in the late 20th century. The topics covered: |
Contenido
The growth of cities | xi |
12 Periodization of city development? | 5 |
13 Characteristics of US cities | 7 |
14 Industrialization and urbanization | 8 |
15 Technology and the development of cities | 9 |
References | 10 |
Transport and the nineteenthcentury city | 12 |
21 The role of government | 13 |
53 Drainage and sewerage | 145 |
54 Refuse disposal and street cleanings | 152 |
55 Industrial pollution | 158 |
56 Water waste and pollution in the development of the city | 162 |
Extracts | 163 |
References | 169 |
Technology and the Governance of Cities | 171 |
63 Coping with fire | 174 |
22 Intercity transport | 17 |
23 Intracity transport | 26 |
24 Mass transport and the late nineteenthcentury city | 39 |
Extracts | 41 |
References | 49 |
Transport in the twentiethcentury city automobility | 51 |
32 The emergence of the motor car | 52 |
33 Good roads | 56 |
34 Urban car ownership | 58 |
35 Accommodating the motor car in the city | 59 |
36 The motor car and suburbanization | 71 |
37 The motor car and public transport | 73 |
38 The lorry | 78 |
39 Automobility | 80 |
Extracts | 81 |
References | 88 |
Building types and construction | 91 |
42 The skyscraper | 102 |
43 Electricity and buildings | 117 |
44 Buildings and the motor car | 123 |
45 Buildings of tomorrow or yesterday? | 129 |
Extracts | 130 |
References | 136 |
Technologies of Water Waste and Population | 139 |
64 Planning | 179 |
65 Summary | 188 |
References | 197 |
The car crisis in the late twentiethcentury city | 199 |
72 Changes in the density of cities in the twentieth century | 200 |
73 Growth in car use in the USA and Britain | 206 |
74 Transport technology and urban form | 210 |
75 Growth in world mobility | 215 |
76 Motor vehicles and photochemical smog | 220 |
77 The contribution of transport fuels to global warming | 223 |
78 Getting people out of their cars | 226 |
References | 230 |
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82 What hath God wrought? The electric telegraph | 235 |
83 Watson are you there? Bell and the telephone | 240 |
84 The telephone and the office building | 245 |
an agent of urban dispersal or of urban concentration? | 246 |
86 Growth in global telecommunications and information technology after the Second World War | 247 |
87 The death of distance prematurely announced? | 251 |
References | 256 |
Index | 259 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
American Cities and Technology: Wilderness to Wired city Gerrylynn K. Roberts,Philip Steadman Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
American Cities & Technology: Wilderness to Wired City Gerrylynn K. Roberts,Philip Steadman,Open University Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
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