Metropolitan World Atlas
Arjen van Susteren
010 Publishers, 2007 (Second Edition)

Flexicover | 7 x 8-3/4 inches | 312 pages | English | ISBN: 978-9064505485 | $X.00

Publisher's Description:
With its wealth of facts and clean, abstract design, the Metropolitan World Atlas is a must-buy. Despite the burgeoning interest in metropolitan growth and globalization there has been no way of directly comparing metropolises - until now, that is. This atlas offers a unique survey of global trade networks and their impact on metropolitan space. It documents a total of 101 metropolises, analysing them in easy-to-read ground plans. It also includes index numbers and tables regarding such aspects as population, density, pollution, travel time, data traffic, air and water travel and the size of Central Business Districts. Its unexpected combination of ground plans and statistics makes this atlas a unique work of reference where for the first time metropolitan areas like Beijing, Lagos, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo can be compared with one another and in terms of their position in the global urban network. Referral Links:
  

dDAB Commentary:
Although this atlas of 101 metropolitan areas first came out in 2005, its statistics are based on the year 2000 and thereabouts, meaning it was five years old the moment it was published. Fifteen years later and the data is 20 years old, making the book essentially useless, outside of it being a snapshot of cities at t...