Nicolas Crane reviews Jeremy Black’s Metropolis: Mapping the City (Conway, October 2015) for*Geographical magazine. “The aim is to explore through time the visualisation of cities, so we start with a terracotta plan of the Mesopotamian holy city of Nippur, in what is now Iraq, then travel through Renaissance cities, New World cities, Imperial cities and mega cities. […]*If you’ve ever wondered why cities work, you’ll find the answer in this beautiful book.” * Buy at Amazon | Canada | U.K.أكثر...