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As the world has undergone the largest wave of urban growth in human history, is the city slipping out of control? Geoff Manaugh paints an emerging picture of metropolitan wildness in which an increasing number of cities become the sites of military conflicts and political, economic and social decay. Could the city be reverting to a medieval model in which illiterate power ‐ criminals, gangs and urban warlords ‐ predominate over rational politics and legitimate government?
10.1002/ad.950.abs
As the world has undergone the largest wave of urban growth in human history, is the city slipping out of control? Geoff Manaugh paints an emerging picture of metropolitan wildness in which an increasing number of cities become the sites of military conflicts and political, economic and social decay. Could the city be reverting to a medieval model in which illiterate power ‐ criminals, gangs and urban warlords ‐ predominate over rational politics and legitimate government?
Cities Gone Wild
Manaugh, Geoff (author)
Architectural Design ; 79 ; 56-61
2009-09-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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