Third coast atlas : prelude to a plan /
3rd coast atlas Prelude to a plan
editors, Daniel Ibaņez, Clare Lyster, Charles Waldheim, Mason White.
- 342 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (chiefly colour), plans ; 36 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan describes the conditions for urbanization across the Great Lakes region. It assembles a multi-layered, empirical description of urbanization processes within the drainage basins of the five Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River. This thick description encompasses a range of representational forms including maps, plans, diagrams, timelines, and photographs, as well as speculative design research projects and critical texts. Postponing diagnosis, let alone treatment of these conditions, Third Coast Atlas aspires to simply describe. It proposes a new geographic gestalt for urban analysis. Superimposed upon the North American continent, and with easily recognizable yet divergent political and geological borders, this megaregion traverses portions of eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, as well as the world's largest collection of surficial fresh water. Third Coast Atlas characterizes the littoral edge as a distinct field of urbanization, and constructs a reading of the region both specific and speculative." --Publisher description.
1940291917 9781940291918
2016960057
Urbanization--Great Lakes Region (North America) Regional planning--Great Lakes Region (North America) Urban policy--Great Lakes Region (North America) Cities and towns--Great Lakes Region (North America) Urbanization--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps Regional planning--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps Urban policy--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps Cities and towns--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps