Periurban Cartographies - Kolkata’s ecologies and settled ruralities

Periurban Cartographies looks through the prism of the "almost urban" to consider what a "city" is or could be. In doing so, the book challenges assumptions and reconsiders design practices.

About the author

Dr Victoria Jane Marshall is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore. Marshall is a landscape architect, urban designer, and geographer. Her emplaced, critical environmental research investigates, and represents, possible urban futures.

Summary

Periurban Cartographies looks through the prism of the “almost urban” to consider what a “city” is or could be. In doing so, the book challenges assumptions and reconsiders design practices.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Victoria Jane Marshall, Victoria Jane Marshall
• Publisher: Oro Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2024
• EAN: 9781957183787
• ISBN: 978-1-957183-78-7
• No. of pages: 356
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 243 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 972 g
• Illustrations: 300 Illustrations, color
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture