[Air-l] city / centre

[Greg Wise]

You might look at Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin's Telecommunications
and the City: Electronic Spaces, Urban Places (Routledge, 1996).

Greg Wise

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> dear aoir,
> 
> i am an architecture student from berlin, germany.
> i've been on aoir for a few years now and would like to post a request
> on literature/papers about "the city and its centre".
> 
> i have also posted this slightly modified message on the SPACESYNTAX
> list and plan on merging the responses later on.
> 
> if anyone could point me to theses/articles etc. concerned with, but
no
> limited to, the questions about
> 
> a) what makes a city centre the city centre?
> b) how do sociological aspects fit into the general picture, i.e.
usage
> of the centre and provision of cultural/commercial services
> c) exemplary historical development models of city centres, also
> considerung polycentric developments
> d) mapping of flows, movements and services in cities, especially
taking
> into account structural differences between centre and non-centre
> 
> i'd be most grateful! i'll post a summary- hopefully bolstered up with
> responses from SPACESYNTAX-  to the list later.
> 
> i am aware of the work being done at CASA, London, and the GaWC
network;
> though the focus there seems to be primarily on Geography/ GIS and
> GLobal Cities, respectively.
> 
> thanks a lot!
> 
> regards,
> 
> 
> max doelling
> TU Berlin
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