Urban Tomographies

Informationen zum Autor Martin H. Krieger Klappentext Like a CAT scan of an organ, urban tomography documents metropolitan life by sampling and compiling multiple slices of a city. Using photography and audio recording, urban planning expert Martin H. Krieger scans contemporary Los Angeles to illuminate different aspects of a community, from work to worship. Zusammenfassung Like a CAT scan of an organ, urban tomography documents metropolitan life by sampling and compiling multiple slices of a city. Using photography and audio recording, urban planning expert Martin H. Krieger scans contemporary Los Angeles to illuminate different aspects of a community, from work to worship. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Cities, Streetscapes, and the Second Industrial Revolution Chapter 3. Choreographies of Work Chapter 4. System and Network, Node and Link Chapter 5. Storefront Houses of Worship Chapter 6. The Urban Aural Sensorium Chapter 7. Finding Out Where We Are Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Martin H Krieger, Martin H. Krieger
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 05.04.2011
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV
• EAN: 9780812243048
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4304-8
• Pages: 152
• Series: The City in the Twenty-first Century; City in the 21st Century (Hard; The City in the Twenty-First Century; City in the Twenty-First Centu; City in the 21st Century (Hard
• Subjects: Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban; PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism