Vertical by Stephen Graham
Vertical is a brilliant re-imagining of the world we live in. Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map. In Vertical Stephen Graham rewrites the city at every level, calling for a a new understanding of our surroundings that takes into account above and below: why Dubai has been built to be seen from GoogleEarth; how the superrich in Sao Paulo live their penthouse lives far from the street; why London billionaires build vast subterranean basements rather than move house. Vertical will make you look at the city anew: from the viewfinders of drones, satellites, from the top of skyscrapers, at street-level and from underground bunkers: this is a new politics of space and geography.
Look, you're just going to have to read this book..after a while you begin to wonder
whether books like this will be allowed to be published for much longer. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *
Superb ... Graham builds on the writings of Mike Davis and Naomi Klein who have attempted
to expose the hidden corporate and military structures behind everyday life. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) -- Edwin Heathcote * Financial Times *
Roll over Jane Jacobs: here's urban geography as it looks like through the eye of a Predator
at 25,000 feet. A fundamental and very scary report from the global red zone. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) -- Mike Davis * Planet of Slums *
A detailed and intense forensics of new urban frontiers. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) -- Eyal Weizman, author of Hollow Land
A rigorously researched, pioneering book packed with disturbing and at times astonishing
information. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) * Icon *
Vertical is an intellectually demanding book that demands that the reader radically revise how to look at cities. The compelling geo-political parallels between power and verticality make it impossible to see cities the same way. * Bookwitty *
Graham's wonderfully dazzling cross-sectional tour puts forth a powerful argument as to why our conventional 'flat' reading of the world needs to be re-calibrated to meaningfully engage the vertically layered reality of society . one of the most important books on cities of the recent past. -- Erick Villagomez * Spacing *
Graham's exciting, journalistic study represents illustrative and narrative cross sections of his global research into urbanism, sociology, and telecommunications over the last 25 years. Enthusiastically recommended. * Library Journal *
Seeing cities as Gordian knots of geopolitics, [Graham] gathers an impressive range of case studies to bolster his analysis. * Nature *
Graham's book digs deep to reveal the elements that are not immediately apparent and will be of interest to those who truly care about shaping urban life for the better. * CTBUH Journal *
whether books like this will be allowed to be published for much longer. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *
Superb ... Graham builds on the writings of Mike Davis and Naomi Klein who have attempted
to expose the hidden corporate and military structures behind everyday life. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) -- Edwin Heathcote * Financial Times *
Roll over Jane Jacobs: here's urban geography as it looks like through the eye of a Predator
at 25,000 feet. A fundamental and very scary report from the global red zone. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) -- Mike Davis * Planet of Slums *
A detailed and intense forensics of new urban frontiers. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) -- Eyal Weizman, author of Hollow Land
A rigorously researched, pioneering book packed with disturbing and at times astonishing
information. (Praise for Cities Under Siege) * Icon *
Vertical is an intellectually demanding book that demands that the reader radically revise how to look at cities. The compelling geo-political parallels between power and verticality make it impossible to see cities the same way. * Bookwitty *
Graham's wonderfully dazzling cross-sectional tour puts forth a powerful argument as to why our conventional 'flat' reading of the world needs to be re-calibrated to meaningfully engage the vertically layered reality of society . one of the most important books on cities of the recent past. -- Erick Villagomez * Spacing *
Graham's exciting, journalistic study represents illustrative and narrative cross sections of his global research into urbanism, sociology, and telecommunications over the last 25 years. Enthusiastically recommended. * Library Journal *
Seeing cities as Gordian knots of geopolitics, [Graham] gathers an impressive range of case studies to bolster his analysis. * Nature *
Graham's book digs deep to reveal the elements that are not immediately apparent and will be of interest to those who truly care about shaping urban life for the better. * CTBUH Journal *
Stephen Graham is Professor of Cities and Society at the Global Urban Research Unit and is based in Newcastle University's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781687932 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781687935 |
| Title | Vertical |
| Author | Stephen Graham |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2016-10-11 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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