约翰·里德(John Reader)是一位作家和摄影记者,拥有伦敦大学学院(UCL)人类学系的荣誉研究学位,是皇家人类学研究院和皇家地理科学院的成员。作品包括《非洲:一个大陆的传记》(Africa: A Biography of the Continent)、《大地上的人及消失的线索:寻找最早的人类》(Man on Earth and Missing Links: The Hunt for Earliest Man)。
A magisterial study of the city from its beginnings to the mega-conurbations of today.
Cities is a fascinating exploration of the nature of the city and city life, of its structures, development and inhabitants.
From the ruins of the earliest cities to the present, John Reader explores how cities coalesce, develop and thrive, how they can decline and die, how they remake themselves. He investigates their parasitic relationship with the countryside around them, the webs of trade and immigration they rely upon to survive, how they feed and water themselves and dispose of their wastes. The book is a sweeping exploration of what the city is and has been, fit to stand alongside Lewis Mumford’s 1962 classic The City in History.
A very interesting, informative and thought-provoking account on the history of cities. Too many of us born and living in the cities have taken too much granted. In view of all the lingering social problems and aftermath of natural disasters such as what Ja...
评分 评分罗马神话中,被狼养大的战神之子罗慕路斯与雷穆斯一夜建造了罗马城。后人反其意而用之:“罗马不是一天建成的。”城市设计的精巧繁复,必然是在几代人的智慧和汗水中不断完善的。 摄影记者出身的英国作家约翰·里德太了解过程的繁辛,讲起《城市的故事》不忘追根溯源解释每一...
评分当一场瘟疫袭击我们时,保护我们的不仅有医疗手段,还有严格的隔离、消毒、检疫等现代管控制度。 事实上医学对于瘟疫或者普通的流感和感冒,除了能减轻一些痛苦之外,并没有更多办法来对付它们。市面上所谓的“感冒药”只不过是让我们少流鼻涕、少咳嗽,真正治愈感冒的只有我们...
评分当一场瘟疫袭击我们时,保护我们的不仅有医疗手段,还有严格的隔离、消毒、检疫等现代管控制度。 事实上医学对于瘟疫或者普通的流感和感冒,除了能减轻一些痛苦之外,并没有更多办法来对付它们。市面上所谓的“感冒药”只不过是让我们少流鼻涕、少咳嗽,真正治愈感冒的只有我们...
城市作为一个生态的轮回
评分城市作为一个生态的轮回
评分城市作为一个生态的轮回
评分城市作为一个生态的轮回
评分城市作为一个生态的轮回
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