Vertical : the city from satellites to bunkers /

Vertical : the city from satellites to bunkers /

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Author / Creator:	Graham, Stephen, 1965- author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Verso, 2016.
Description:	xiii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Cities and towns -- Growth. Land use, Urban. Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects. Cities and towns -- Growth. Land use, Urban. Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10920315

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ISBN:	9781781687932 1781687935 9781781689967 1781689962 9781781689950 1781689954
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"From the penthouse to the sewers--the political geography of the vertical city Vertical is a brilliant re-imagining of the world we live in. Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map. In Vertical Stephen Graham rewrites the city at every level, calling for a a new understanding of our surroundings that takes into account above and below: why Dubai has been built to be seen from GoogleEarth; how the superrich in Sao Paulo live their penthouse lives far from the street; why London billionaires build vast subterranean basements rather than move house. Vertical will make you look at the city anew: from the viewfinders of drones, satellites, from the top of skyscrapers, at street-level and from underground bunkers: this is a new politics of space and geography"--

Table of Contents:

Preface: Dubai, January 2010
Introduction: Going Vertical
Part 1. Above
1. Satellite: Enigmatic Presence
2. Bomber: Death from Above
3. Drone: Robot Imperium
4. Helicopter: Direct Arrival
5. Favela: Tenuous City
6. Elevator/ Lift: Going Up
7. Skyscraper: Vanity and Violence
8. Housing: Luxified Skies
9. Skywalk/Skytrain/Skydeck: Multilevel Cities
10. Air; Lethal Domes
Part 2. Below
11. Ground: Making Geology
12. Basement/Cellar: Urban Undergrounds
13. Sewer: Sociology and Shit
14. Bunker/Tunnel: Subsurface Sanctuaries
15. Mine: Extractive Imperialism on the Deep Frontier
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Index