Landscapes of Preindustrial Urbanism (Farhat Georges)(Pevná vazba)

The Industrial Revolution is often seen as a turning point in the emergence of the metropolis and its distinctive urban landscape. And, no doubt, large cities as commonly experienced today are dependent on a range of industrial-era breakthroughs in construction technology, climate control, communication, and transportation. On this view, urban landscapes are a historically late development and are, therefore, seen to embody an essentially modern and Western concept.But, as the essays in Landscapes of Preindustrial Urbanism show, features associated with contemporary urban landscapes can also be found in the preindustrial contexts of various time periods and regions. Like today's cities, these early cities were products of massive efforts to adapt space for the needs of concentrated populations. Preindustrial urban settlements generally occupied land that had been used
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