Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Cities, Streetscapes, and the Second Industrial Revolution
Chapter 3. Choreographies of Work
Chapter 4. System and Network, Node and Link
Chapter 5. Storefront Houses of Worship
Chapter 6. The Urban Aural Sensorium
Chapter 7. Finding Out Where We Are
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Promotional Information

Like a CAT scan of an organ, urban tomography documents metropolitan life by sampling and compiling multiple slices of a city. Using photography and audio recording, urban planning expert Martin H. Krieger scans contemporary Los Angeles to illuminate different aspects of a community, from work to worship.

About the Author

Martin H. Krieger is Professor of Planning at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development. He is the author of several books, including What's Wrong with Plastic Trees? Artifice and Authenticity in Design.

Reviews

"Martin H. Krieger is an imaginative thinker and a leader in taking advantage of technology. His Urban Tomographies is a well-paced, clearly structured book that outlines new approaches to recording views of the city and that will be important for future research and teaching."
*Ann Forsyth, Cornell University*