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The connected city : how networks are shaping the modern metropolis /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neal, Zachary P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Metropolis and modern life.
Subjects:
Social networks.
Cities and towns > Social aspects.
Technological innovations > Social aspects.
Social groups.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: why cities? : why networks?
  • Micro-urban networks : networks within cities
  • Community : lost or found
  • Subculture : finding your crowd in a crowd
  • Politics : we don't want nobody nobody sent
  • Meso-urban networks : cities as networks
  • Form : getting from here to there
  • Function : working together
  • Macro-urban networks : networks of cities
  • Regional : from city to metropolis
  • National : the real action is between cities
  • Global : nylon holds the world together
  • Conclusion: the new science of urban networks
  • Notes
  • References and suggested reading
  • Index.