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Typological Drift
- Emerging Cities in China
Engelsk Paperback
Typological Drift
- Emerging Cities in China
Engelsk Paperback

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Neither derivatives of Western cities nor isolated from them, Chinese cities in the past four decades are perhaps best captured in their characteristic complexity through a concept in biological evolution: drift. Unlike mutation, adaptation, and migration, drift of phenotypes takes place when chance events terminate some features and allow other features to flourish. The Chinese culture, structurally divergent from the common Indo-European civilizational roots of Western cultures, can be seen to function as a set of “chance events” in the normative processes of urban change. The consequences of these “bottlenecks” of urban evolution are both fascinating and instructive: Chinese cities, when studied with this framework, begin to acquire an entirely different order of significance, injecting urban theory and practice with fresh vigor and insights. Through 13 case studies, more than 60 original maps and drawings, and extensive photographic documentation, the book reveals how three “drift triggers” – ten thousand things, figuration, and group action – have altered typological development in Chinese cities in recent decades.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9781951541712
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1951541715
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
24 dec 2021
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
245mm
Højde:
174mm
Forlag:
Oro Editions
Oplagsdato:
24 dec 2021
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge