00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-1685594773861985383 Buklod 20150120091738.0 g||| | || || ta 160704s1973 cau r |000 0|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00015977238 DLC BAG rda eng HT 111 D37 1973 Davis, Kingsley, 1908-1997 author. Cities:their origin, growth and human impact readings from Scientific American with introduction by Kingsley Davis. San Francisco W. H. Freeman ©1973. 297 pages illustrations 30 cm Part I. The earliest cities -- Introduction: The first cities: how and why did they arise? -- The origin and evolution of cities -- An early city in Iran -- The rise and fall of Arabia Felix -- Ancient Ararat -- The slow death of a city -- The origins of New World Civilization -- The planning of a Maya ceremonial center -- Teotihuacan -- The death of a civilization -- Part II. Population, health, and the city environment -- Introduction: The evolution of Western industrial cities -- The black death -- Rickets -- Lead poisoning -- Air pollution and public health -- The climate of cities -- The control of air pollution -- Noise -- The control of the luminous environment -- Part III. Urban transport and city planning -- Introduction: The City's circulatory system -- Stockholm -- Part IV. Cities of the developing world -- Introduction: Burgeoning cities in rural countries -- The uses of land in cities -- Squatter settlements -- The possessions of the poor -- Calcutta: a premature metropolis -- Part V. Group relations in cities -- Introduction: Cities and group conflict -- Residential segregation -- Attitudes toward racial integration -- The social power of the negro. Cities and towns Addresses, essays, lectures. Scientific American. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN HT 111 D37 1973 Book