City unseen : new visions of an urban planet

City unseen : new visions of an urban planet / Karen C. Seto and Meredith Reba.

"Stunning satellite images of one hundred cities show our urbanizing planet in a new light to reveal the fragile relationship between humanity and Earth. Seeing cities around the globe in their larger environmental contexts, we begin to understand how the world shapes urban landscapes and how u...

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Main Authors: Seto, Karen C. (Author), Reba, Meredith (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Urban ecology (Biology)
Urban geography.
Climatic changes.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
urban environments.
human geography.
climate change.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
Climatic changes
Urban geography
Pictorial works
Illustrated works.
Remote-sensing images.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Images-satellite.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Maps of Cities' Locations; Key; Introduction; 1 Views from space; 2 Earth's terrains; Alpine; Riverine; Agrarian; 3 Urban imprints; Borders; Routes; Plans; 4 Transforming the planet; Resources; Expansion; Vulnerability; Epilogue; Further reading; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; Z.

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