Atlas of Cities

"This is an atlas with a difference. It broaches the complexity of the urban experience directly and in a beautifully persuasive graphical way, showing how this great variety of city types and features can be explained both chronologically and geographically. A wonderful book of new insights about how our contemporary cities have evolved."--Michael Batty, author of The New Science of Cities
"The Atlas of Cities is a major contribution to our understanding of the place of cities in today's world. This is a new type of map. It does what words alone cannot do; it makes visible the thick patterns that are cutting across old divides."--Saskia Sassen, Columbia University and author of Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy
"This vibrant book provides an exciting and insightful tour of the cities that are shaping humanity's future; every would-be urbanist can learn something from this volume."--Edward Glaeser, author of Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
"'Form follows function' was the watchword of twentieth-century modernists but, as the Atlas of Cities deftly shows, the concept has undergirded city building from the start. From imperial Rome and industrial Manchester to today's Asian megacities and border-transcending anomalies like Miami and Dubai, Paul Knox and his talented team of scholars read each city's meaning through its built environment. Packed with info-graphics that are often quirky but always relevant, reading the Atlas of Cities is like walking through the world's great metropolises--something new to ponder around every corner."--Daniel Brook, author of A History of Future Cities
"The Atlas of Cities is an exhaustive and visually captivating field guide to the past history, present tensions, and future transformation of our planet by humanity's city builders."--Anthony M. Townsend, author of Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia

FOREWORD Richard Florida 8
INTRODUCTION Paul Knox 10
THE FOUNDATIONAL CITY Lily Leontidou, Guido Martinotti 16
Core cities Athens and Rome
Secondary cities Knossos, Santorini, Sparta, Pella, Syracuse, Marseille, Alexandria, Constantinople, Babylon
THE NETWORKED CITY Raf Verbruggen, Michael Hoyler, Peter Taylor 34
Core cities Augsburg, London, Venice, Florence, Innsbruck, Lubeck, Bruges, Paris, Ghent
THE IMPERIAL CITY Asil Ceylan Oner 52
Core city Istanbul
Secondary cities Rome, St. Petersburg, Vienna, London, Beijing
THE INDUSTRIAL CITY Jane Clossick 70
Core city Manchester
Secondary cities Berlin, Chicago, Detroit, Dusseldorf, Glasgow, Sheffield
THE RATIONAL CITY Andrew Herod 88
Core city Paris
Secondary cities Vienna, New York, London, Budapest, Washington, D.C.
THE GLOBAL CITY Ben Derudder, Peter Taylor, Michael Hoyler, Frank Witlox 106
Core cities London and New York
Secondary cities Frankfurt, San Francisco, Geneva, Mumbai, Nairobi
THE CELEBRITY CITY Elizabeth Currid-Halkett 124
Core city Los Angeles
Secondary cities New York, London, Milan, Mumbai, Las Vegas
THE MEGACITY Jan Nijman, Michael Shin 140
Core city Mumbai
Seconday cities Cairo, Mexico City, Jakarta, Karachi, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, New York
THE INSTANT CITY Lucia Cony-Cidade 158
Core city Brasilia
Secondary cities Abuja, Chandigarh, Canberra
THE TRANSNATIONAL CITY Jan Nijman, Michael Shin 176
Core city Miami
Secondary cities Vancouver, Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, Dublin, Los Angeles
THE CREATIVE CITY Paul Knox 194
Core city Milan
Secondary cities Paris, New York, London, Portland, Los Angeles
THE GREEN CITY Heike Mayer 210
Core city Freiburg
Secondary cities Stockholm, Portland, Curitiba, Masdar City, Gussing, Wildpoldsried
THE INTELLIGENT CITY Kevin C. Desouza 226
Core city London
Secondary cities Amsterdam, Tokyo, New York, Singapore, Seoul, San Francisco, Chicago, Sydney, Vienna
APPENDICES
Glossary 224
Resources 246
Contributors 250
Index 252
Acknowledgements 256