Metropolis Now!: Urban Cultures in Global Cities [Paperback]

Ramesh K. Biswas (Editor), B. Bakondy (Illustrator), R.K. Biswas (Illustrator, Translator), C. Clouter (Translator), N. Tandon (Translator), S. Tapply (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 2000

A critical, interdisciplinary look at life in metropolitan centres. The portraits of fifteen cities on four different continents serve to comment upon and analyse both their economic and social realities as well as their identity, recent history, immediate future and the radical transformation in their physical form. Provided here is a rare synthesis of information and specialist knowledge. Urban analysts from the fields of architecture, sociology, contemporary history, cultural studies, geography and journalism have contributed the essays, giving the reader not only an insight into the important features of each metropolis but also into what makes it the city it is today. Metropolis Now! – a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of metropolitan centres on four continents.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"In this absorbing collection of impressionistic personal accounts, the choice of cities is intriguing ... This book converys a whole series of unexpected urban insights.” The Architectural Review 4/2001

About the Author

RAMESH KUMAR BISWAS. Born 1957 in Malaysia. Studied Architecture in Delhi and Urban Design in Edinburgh. Teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts and at the Technical University in Vienna as well as at the University of Malaya. Several publications, exhibition projects and lectures in Asia, Africa and Europe. Books include "Innovative Austrian Architecture”, 1996, and "Götterspeisen”, 1997 (both Springer-Verlag Wien New York).

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 23, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3211834966
• ISBN-13: 978-3211834961
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,942,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)