08 November 2011 | cities, City | Post a comment
I shall be taking part in a panel discussion on "Jane Jacobs and the Future of the City" at the Bristol Festival of Ideas on 3 December, together with Geoff Dyer, Anna Mansfield, and Ben Rogers. More details and booking information here. Should be interesting. See you there!
I’m the author of four books. The most recent is City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age. Before that I wrote a cultural history of science and superweapons called Doomsday Men, a biography of Einstein, and a study of science and literature. More
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Today, for the first time in history more than half the population of the planet live in cities. Two hundred years ago, just three per cent were city dwellers, but by 2050, 75 per cent will be urbanites. City is the ultimate guidebook for our urban age, taking the reader on a journey through the past, present and future of the world's cities. Illustrated throughout and with essays on everything from Ellis Island and Eco-cities, to Street Food and Tahrir Square, this is a fascinating celebration of our greatest creation – the city. More