Exposed city : mapping the urban invisibles / by Amoroso Nadia

By:

Amoroso, Nadia

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge, 2010. London:Description: xvi,: 176 pISBN:

9780415551809

Subject(s):

Urban geography -- Graphic methods

DDC classification:

307.760223 AMO-E

Contents:

Foreword Richard Saul Wurman-- Part 1: Essays 1. Map or Drawing? The Visual Expressions of Hugh Ferriss -- 2. Graphic Integrity of the Urban Complexity- Lynch, Wurman and Tufte -- 3. The DATAscapes: the Works of MVRDV-- 4. The Map-Art: Creative Measures in Landscape Mapping, the Works of James Corner -- Part 2: Drawings: the Map-Landscape-- 5.1 The Creative Map -- 5.2 The Map-Landscapes Afterword Mapping the Invisibles by SENSEable City Lab Carlo Ratti Google Earth: the Global Mapping Search Tool Mark Aubin

Summary: Draws on unseen elements of the city like crime rates and surveillance to create mapping for the 21st century. This book includes expert interviews and examples of maps exposing the hidden elements of the city. It shows how the urban invisibles can be made visible

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	307.760223 AMO-E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003986

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Foreword Richard Saul Wurman--
Part 1: Essays 1. Map or Drawing? The Visual Expressions of Hugh Ferriss --
2. Graphic Integrity of the Urban Complexity- Lynch, Wurman and Tufte --
3. The DATAscapes: the Works of MVRDV--
4. The Map-Art: Creative Measures in Landscape Mapping, the Works of James Corner --
Part 2: Drawings: the Map-Landscape--
5.1 The Creative Map --
5.2 The Map-Landscapes Afterword Mapping the Invisibles by SENSEable City Lab Carlo Ratti Google Earth: the Global Mapping Search Tool Mark Aubin

Draws on unseen elements of the city like crime rates and surveillance to create mapping for the 21st century. This book includes expert interviews and examples of maps exposing the hidden elements of the city. It shows how the urban invisibles can be made visible

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