Third coast atlas : prelude to a plan / editors, Daniel Ibañez, Clare Lyster, Charles Waldheim, Mason White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ibañez, Daniel, editor.

Lyster, Clare, editor.

Waldheim, Charles, editor.

White, Mason, editor.

Alfred Bendiner Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns.

Urban policy.

Regional planning.

Urbanization.

Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps.

Great Lakes Region (North America).

Great Lakes Region.

Urbanization--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Regional planning--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Urban policy--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Cities and towns--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Urbanization--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps.

Regional planning--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps.

Urban policy--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps.

Cities and towns--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps.

Genre:

Maps.

Thematic maps.

Physical Description:

342 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans ; 36 cm

Distribution:

New York, NY : Distributed by Actar Distribution Inc.

Other Title:

Prelude to a plan

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Actar, [2017]

Summary:

"Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan describes the conditions for urbanization across the Great Lakes region. It assembles a multi-layered, empirical description of urbanization processes within the drainage basins of the five Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River. This thick description encompasses a range of representational forms including maps, plans, diagrams, timelines, and photographs, as well as speculative design research projects and critical texts. Postponing diagnosis, let alone treatment of these conditions, Third Coast Atlas aspires to simply describe. It proposes a new geographic gestalt for urban analysis. Superimposed upon the North American continent, and with easily recognizable yet divergent political and geological borders, this megaregion traverses portions of eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, as well as the world's largest collection of surficial fresh water. Third Coast Atlas characterizes the littoral edge as a distinct field of urbanization, and constructs a reading of the region both specific and speculative."--Publisher description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Bendiner Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1940291917

9781940291918

OCLC:

953429416