Author: Michal Ajvaz
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 1564784916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A hymn to the invisible 'other' Prague, lurking on the peripheries of the town so familiar to tourists.
The Other City
Author: Michal Ajvaz
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 1564784916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A hymn to the invisible 'other' Prague, lurking on the peripheries of the town so familiar to tourists.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 1564784916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A hymn to the invisible 'other' Prague, lurking on the peripheries of the town so familiar to tourists.
A City Is Not a Computer
Author: Shannon Mattern
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069122675X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers Computational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities encompass myriad forms of local and indigenous intelligences and knowledge institutions, arguing that these resources are a vital supplement and corrective to increasingly prevalent algorithmic models. Shannon Mattern begins by examining the ethical and ontological implications of urban technologies and computational models, discussing how they shape and in many cases profoundly limit our engagement with cities. She looks at the methods and underlying assumptions of data-driven urbanism, and demonstrates how the "city-as-computer" metaphor, which undergirds much of today's urban policy and design, reduces place-based knowledge to information processing. Mattern then imagines how we might sustain institutions and infrastructures that constitute more diverse, open, inclusive urban forms. She shows how the public library functions as a steward of urban intelligence, and describes the scales of upkeep needed to sustain a city's many moving parts, from spinning hard drives to bridge repairs. Incorporating insights from urban studies, data science, and media and information studies, A City Is Not a Computer offers a visionary new approach to urban planning and design.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069122675X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers Computational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities encompass myriad forms of local and indigenous intelligences and knowledge institutions, arguing that these resources are a vital supplement and corrective to increasingly prevalent algorithmic models. Shannon Mattern begins by examining the ethical and ontological implications of urban technologies and computational models, discussing how they shape and in many cases profoundly limit our engagement with cities. She looks at the methods and underlying assumptions of data-driven urbanism, and demonstrates how the "city-as-computer" metaphor, which undergirds much of today's urban policy and design, reduces place-based knowledge to information processing. Mattern then imagines how we might sustain institutions and infrastructures that constitute more diverse, open, inclusive urban forms. She shows how the public library functions as a steward of urban intelligence, and describes the scales of upkeep needed to sustain a city's many moving parts, from spinning hard drives to bridge repairs. Incorporating insights from urban studies, data science, and media and information studies, A City Is Not a Computer offers a visionary new approach to urban planning and design.
Easy English
Author: Rahul Kumar
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
ISBN: 9353388910
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This book has been prepared chapter wise on the basis of questions asked in English in various competitive exams. It's very useful for candidates which preparing competition exams like : Bank PO, Clerk, MBA, SSC, MAT, LIC, GIC, RBI, and others competitive Examinations.
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
ISBN: 9353388910
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This book has been prepared chapter wise on the basis of questions asked in English in various competitive exams. It's very useful for candidates which preparing competition exams like : Bank PO, Clerk, MBA, SSC, MAT, LIC, GIC, RBI, and others competitive Examinations.
No Other City
Author: Alvin Pang
Publisher: Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9789810422769
Category : Singapore
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Publisher: Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9789810422769
Category : Singapore
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Renaissance in Charleston
Author: James M. Hutchisson
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820325187
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"The essays tell how these and other individuals faced the tensions and contradictions of their time and place. While some traced their lineage back to the city's first families, others were relative newcomers. Some broke new ground racially and sexually as well as artistically; others perpetuated the myths of the Old South. Some were censured at home but praised in New York, London, and Paris. The essays also underscore the significance and growth of such cultural institutions as the Poetry Society of South Carolina, the Charleston Museum, and the Gibbes Art Gallery."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820325187
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"The essays tell how these and other individuals faced the tensions and contradictions of their time and place. While some traced their lineage back to the city's first families, others were relative newcomers. Some broke new ground racially and sexually as well as artistically; others perpetuated the myths of the Old South. Some were censured at home but praised in New York, London, and Paris. The essays also underscore the significance and growth of such cultural institutions as the Poetry Society of South Carolina, the Charleston Museum, and the Gibbes Art Gallery."--BOOK JACKET.
The Corporate City
Author: Leonard P. Curry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031302989X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This book begins the comparative study of U.S. urban development during the first half of the 19th century. Breathtaking in its comprehensiveness, its survey and comparisons of early urban politics is without parallel. The study is based on a thorough examination of fifteen cities—Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Charleston, Cincinnati, Louisville, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. Louis, and Washington. This group of cities—the fifteen largest in 1850—provides a good mix of northern and southern, eastern and western, old and new, and fast- and slow-growing urban centers. This volume deals with the city as a corporate entity and contains chapters on urban governmental structures, government finance, politics and elections, urban political leadership, the city plan and city planning, intergovernmental relations, and urban mercantilism.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031302989X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This book begins the comparative study of U.S. urban development during the first half of the 19th century. Breathtaking in its comprehensiveness, its survey and comparisons of early urban politics is without parallel. The study is based on a thorough examination of fifteen cities—Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Charleston, Cincinnati, Louisville, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. Louis, and Washington. This group of cities—the fifteen largest in 1850—provides a good mix of northern and southern, eastern and western, old and new, and fast- and slow-growing urban centers. This volume deals with the city as a corporate entity and contains chapters on urban governmental structures, government finance, politics and elections, urban political leadership, the city plan and city planning, intergovernmental relations, and urban mercantilism.
全民英檢初級保證班:閱讀與寫作
Author: 初碧華
Publisher: 台灣五南圖書出版股份有限公司
ISBN: 9789861212357
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
三大特色 1.完全配合英檢試題:題型架構符合全民英檢考試動向,題型內容確實掌握全民英檢測試方針。 2.掌握英語學習要領:針對英文閱讀部分,提示閱讀技巧與文法要點,寫作部分收錄多樣寫作題型,指導基礎的段落寫作方法。書末還有關鍵字彙庫、重要片語群,讓讀者藉自修與練習增進英文閱讀與寫作能力。 3.模擬試題,實戰演練:提供最常見的閱讀與寫作題型,並附有詳盡解答及中文說明,使你在實地演練後必能在全民英檢初級測驗中輕鬆過關!
Publisher: 台灣五南圖書出版股份有限公司
ISBN: 9789861212357
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
三大特色 1.完全配合英檢試題:題型架構符合全民英檢考試動向,題型內容確實掌握全民英檢測試方針。 2.掌握英語學習要領:針對英文閱讀部分,提示閱讀技巧與文法要點,寫作部分收錄多樣寫作題型,指導基礎的段落寫作方法。書末還有關鍵字彙庫、重要片語群,讓讀者藉自修與練習增進英文閱讀與寫作能力。 3.模擬試題,實戰演練:提供最常見的閱讀與寫作題型,並附有詳盡解答及中文說明,使你在實地演練後必能在全民英檢初級測驗中輕鬆過關!
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1350
Book Description
Mural on Second Avenue, and Other City Poems
Author: Lilian Moore
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763619879
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A collection of poems that capture various aspects of life in the city.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763619879
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A collection of poems that capture various aspects of life in the city.
The Knickerbacker
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description