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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 711.4 EAN: 9780847831111 ISBN: 0847831116 Label: Rizzoli Manufacturer: Rizzoli Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 350 Publication Date: April 29, 2008 Publisher: Rizzoli Release Date: April 29, 2008 Studio: Rizzoli Related Items:
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 Rating: - An outstanding compendium of "some of the brightest urban minds of today" (Manuel Castells)This book, which brings together an impressive array of 67 leading thinkers in urbanism today, is likely to become a classic resource for students, instructors, professionals, policymakers, activists, and anyone who is fascinated with cities and their future. It is also a rewarding treasury of ideas, drawings, photographs and case study information, offering a delightful browse or more careful study. The book, an outgrowth of a 2004 conference at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology ... Read More 
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