How we can invent—but not predict—the future of cities. We cannot predict future cities, but we can invent them. Cities are largely unpredictable because they are complex systems that are more like organisms than machines. Neither the laws of economics nor the laws of mechanics apply; cities are the product of countless individual and collective decisions that do not conform to...(展开全部)

Cities around the world are being wrecked by the ever-increasing burden of traffic. A significant part of the problem is the enduring popularity of the private car - still an attractive and convenient option to many, who turn a blind eye to the environmental and public health impact. Public transport has always seemed to take second place to the car, and yet alternative ways ...(展开全部)

Cities around the world are being wrecked by the ever-increasing burden of traffic. A significant part of the problem is the enduring popularity of the private car - still an attractive and convenient option to many, who turn a blind eye to the environmental and public health impact. Public transport has always seemed to take second place to the car, and yet alternative ways ...(展开全部)

作者： 斯科特·麦夸尔（Scott McQuire），澳大利亚墨尔本大学文化与传播学院媒体与传播学教授，公共文化研究中心创办人，2013年当选澳大利亚人文科学院院士。出版7本专著，发表100多篇论文等，主持9个澳大利亚研究委员会科研项目。专著《媒介城市》曾获2009年城市传播基金会简·雅各布斯奖。 译者： 潘霁，复旦大学新闻学院教授，信息传播研究中心研究员，新加坡南洋理工大学新媒体研究小组博士后研究员，美国南卡罗莱纳大学博士。主要研究兴趣包括：数字媒体技术对于城市公共生活的影响，城市传播中的信任与社会资本，以及数字传播研究方法创新等。

作者： 斯科特·麦夸尔（Scott McQuire），澳大利亚墨尔本大学文化与传播学院媒体与传播学教授，公共文化研究中心创办人，2013年当选澳大利亚人文科学院院士。出版7本专著，发表100多篇论文等，主持9个澳大利亚研究委员会科研项目。专著《媒介城市》曾获2009年城市传播基金会简·雅各布斯奖。 译者： 潘霁，复旦大学新闻学院教授，信息传播研究中心研究员，新加坡南洋理工大学新媒体研究小组博士后研究员，美国南卡罗莱纳大学博士。主要研究兴趣包括：数字媒体技术对于城市公共生活的影响，城市传播中的信任与社会资本，以及数字传播研究方法创新等。

In Cities , the acclaimed historian John Reader takes us on a journey of the city—from its earliest example in the Ancient Near East to today’s teeming centers of compressed existence, such as Mumbai and Tokyo. Cities are home to half the planet’s population and consume nearly three-quarters of its natural resources. For Reader, they are our most natural artifacts, the civic s...(展开全部)

A magisterial study of the city from its beginnings to the mega-conurbations of today. Cities is a fascinating exploration of the nature of the city and city life, of its structures, development and inhabitants. From the ruins of the earliest cities to the present, John Reader explores how cities coalesce, develop and thrive, how they can decline and die, how they remake themse...(展开全部)

In Cities , the acclaimed historian John Reader takes us on a journey of the city—from its earliest example in the Ancient Near East to today’s teeming centers of compressed existence, such as Mumbai and Tokyo. Cities are home to half the planet’s population and consume nearly three-quarters of its natural resources. For Reader, they are our most natural artifacts, the civic s...(展开全部)

A magisterial study of the city from its beginnings to the mega-conurbations of today. Cities is a fascinating exploration of the nature of the city and city life, of its structures, development and inhabitants. From the ruins of the earliest cities to the present, John Reader explores how cities coalesce, develop and thrive, how they can decline and die, how they remake themse...(展开全部)