Vertical : the city from satellites to bunkers / Stephen Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Stephen, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Land use, Urban.

Space (Architecture)--Social aspects.

Space (Architecture).

Physical Description:

xiii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2016.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface. Dubai, January 2010

Introduction. Going vertical

Satellite : enigmatic presence

Bomber : death from above

Drone : robot imperium

Helicopter : direct arrival

Favela : tenuous city

Elevator/lift : going up

Skyscraper : vanity and violence

Housing : luxified skies

Skywalk/skytrain/skydeck : multilevel cities

Air : lethal domes

Ground : making geology

Basement/cellar : urban undergrounds

Sewer : sociology and shit

Bunker/tunnel : subsurface sanctuaries

Mine : extractive imperialism on the deep frontier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781687932

1781687935

OCLC:

953792600