The city

The city: suggestions for investigation of human behavior in the urban environment

Park, Robert E.

Burgess, Ernest W.

McKenzie, Roderick D.

1967

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. 239 p.

Resumen: The City, first published in 1925 and reprinted here in its entirety, is a cross-section of concerns of the Chicago urban school during the period of its most intense activity. Park and Burgess realized that ecological and economic factors were converted into a social organization by the traditions and aspirations of city dwellers. In their efforts to achieve objectivity, these sociologists never lost sight of the values that propel human beings.

Port cities

Port cities : dynamic landscapes and global networks
Hein, Carola, ed.
2011
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge.   xiii, 285 p.
Resumen : Ports have been and continue to be critical in not just the global movement of goods, but also the global movement of ideas, social change, and cultural phenomena, including architecture and urban form. The connected points of a multi-faceted network, ports profoundly affect both each other and the cities and regions to which they belong. Shipping and trade networks have created a legacy embodied in the street patterns, land use and buildings of interconnected port cities. Multiple forces are at play: technological requirements, elite preferences and working class needs, urban policy and globalization.
Port Cities brings together original scholarship by both well-published and younger scholars from multiple disciplines and builds upon long-standing research on the international exchange of architectural and planning ideas. A carefully selected series of essays examines comprehensively and globally the changing built and urban environment of selected port cities. They explore similarities, dissimilarities, and how sea-based networking has influenced urban landscapes and architecture, socio-economic and cultural development from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries.
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The book of cities

The book of cities
Dodd, Philip
2006
New York : MJF Books.   511 p.
Resumen :  The Book of Cities is an inspiring gazetteer of the world’s cities—a celebration of their diversity, energy, and culture. We set off from the Greenwich meridian in London and head west, visiting the Americas and beyond. We explore all the classic metropolitan destinations—New York, Paris, Rio, Rome, Tokyo—and also take in those that are lesser known. Each of the 250 cities is portrayed in evocative photos and lively commentary that capture the character of the place—the particular blend of history, topography, climate, customs, and cuisine that make it distinctive. Insights are also offered in nuggets of information on the topography and residents as well as quotes from the famously well-traveled. The Book of Cities is the perfect companion to inspire a first visit, to refresh memories of journeys past, or to fire up the imagination of anyone with wanderlust.
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Globalización y grandes proyectos urbanos

Globalización y grandes proyectos urbanos: la respuesta para 25 ciudades
Carmona, Marisa, comp.
2005
Buenos Aires : Infinito.   544 p.
Resumen : Este libro analiza el proceso de transformaciones vivido por las ciudades en la globalización y el papel que jugaron en el mismo los Grandes Proyectos Urbanos, resumiendo diez años de investigaciones de la red internacional Alfa Ibis. La primera parte del libro define el marco general en que se inscriben los Grandes Proyectos Urbanos y la segunda estudia el proceso transformador de 25 ciudades, analizando la visión de sus planificadores.
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Perú

Perú: tierra de incas
Helfer Arguedas, José Miguel
2005
Lima : Ediciones del Hipocampo SAC.   160 p.
Resumen :  Álbum fotográfico que ilustra los principales monumentos arqueológicos y arquitectónicos del Perú, así como su gente y sus bellos paisajes, flora y fauna costera, andina y amazónica.
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