Cities

Explores the city's raisons d'etre, functions and forms, its achievements and problems, from fortifications to sewers, factories to markets, theatres and bars. Standing alongside Lewis Mumford's 1962 classic, "The City in History", this book also looks at how cities develop and thrive, how they can [...]
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Explores the city's raisons d'etre, functions and forms, its achievements and problems, from fortifications to sewers, factories to markets, theatres and bars. Standing alongside Lewis Mumford's 1962 classic, "The City in History", this book also looks at how cities develop and thrive, how they can decline and die, how they remake themselves.