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1. Discontinuous Evolution of Urban Historical Forms

Author : J. Barkley Rosser

Published in: Complex Evolutionary Dynamics in Urban-Regional and Ecologic-Economic Systems

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

Perhaps more than any other human institution, the city reflects the tension between continuity and discontinuity in our social existence. It is simultaneously the vessel of continuity containing the deep structures of the past (symbolized by the longevity of many urban buildings, roads, and other infrastructure) as well as the staging ground for most of the revolutionary upheavals of human history. This conflict is manifested in the above pair of quotations from Mumford (1961).

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Metadata
Title
Discontinuous Evolution of Urban Historical Forms
Author
J. Barkley Rosser
Copyright Year
2011
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Complex Evolutionary Dynamics in Urban-Regional and Ecologic-Economic Systems

Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-8827-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-8828-7

Copyright Year: 2011

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8828-7_1

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