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Author Graham, Stephen, 1965- author.

Title Vertical : the city from satellites to bunkers / Stephen Graham.

Publication Info. London : Verso, 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  711.4 GRA    Check Shelf
Edition Paperback edition.
Description xiii, 402 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Note Originally published: 2016.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Satellite: enigmatic presence -- Bomber: death from above -- Drone: robot imperium -- Helicopter: direct arrival -- Favela: tenuous city -- Elevator / lift: going up -- Skyscraper: vanity and violence -- Housing: luxified skies -- Skywalk / skytrain / skydeck: multilevel cities -- Air: lethal domes -- Ground: making geology -- Basement / cellar: urban undergounds -- Sewer: sociology and shit -- Bunker / tunnel: subsurface sanctuaries -- Mine: extractive imperialism on the deep frontier.
Subject City planning.
Architecture.
Architecture. (OCoLC)fst00813346
City planning. (OCoLC)fst00862177
ISBN 9781781689974
1781689970
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