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Title:

THE CONNECTED CITY
HOW NETWORKS ARE SHAPING THE MODERN METROPOLIS

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Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1136236619

ISBN 13:

9781136236617

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 August, 2012

Series:

The Metropolis and Modern Life

Pages:

272

Synopsis:

The Connected City explores how thinking about networks helps make sense of modern cities: what they are, how they work, and where they are headed. Cities and urban life can be examined as networks, and these urban networks can be examined at many different levels.The book focuses on three levels of urban networks: micro, meso, and macro. These levels build upon one another, and require distinctive analytical approaches that make it possible to consider different types of questions. At one extreme, micro-urban networks focus on the networks that exist within cities, like the social relationships among neighbors that generate a sense of community and belonging. At the opposite extreme, macro-urban networks focus on networks between cities, like the web of nonstop airline flights that make face-to-face business meetings possible. This book contains three major sections organized by the level of analysis and scale of network. Throughout these sections, when a new methodological concept is introduced, a separate `method note' provides a brief and accessible introduction to the practical issues of using networks in research. What makes this book unique is that it synthesizes the insights and tools of the multiple scales of urban networks, and integrates the theory and method of network analysis.

Illustrations:

Following 'Citites and the Creative Classes'; 62 Line drawings, black and

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Non-returnable

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