Published under the auspices of UNESCO, World Historical and Cultural Cities Expo (China), and the Nanjing Creative Center (China)
Foreword by Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO
Contents:
"Introduction: mapping natural and human impacts". Turner, Michael [author]
pages 33-49, illustrations, map
Urban topographies: cartography, historical geography, and archaeology
Voyakin, Dmitriy [author]
pages 53-76, illustrations, map
Spatial organization of the city: urban patterns and neighbourhood paradigms
Williams, Tim [author]
pages 77-92, illustrations
Seen from afar: towers and domes along the silk roads
Whitfield, Susan [author]
pages 93-107, illustrations
Trading premises: caravanserais and bazaars
Paskaleva, Elena [author]
pages 111-128, illustrations
Civic buildings of Central Asia: libraries, bathhouses, water cisterns, bridges
Abbasova-Yusupova, Mavlyuda [author]
pages 129-154, illustrations
Religious buildings of the Islamic period
O’Kane, Bernard [author]
pages 155-175, illustrations
The Silk Roads vernacular architecture
Vileikis, Ona [author]
pages 177-193, illustrations
Gardens and landscapes
Parodi, Laura E. [author]
pages 195-217, illustrations
Mobility of craftsmen and construction methods
McClary, Richard Piran [author]
pages 221-235, illustrations
Design transfers and working methods in the medieval and early modern periods
Comstock-Skipp, Jaimee [author]
pages 237-254, illustrations
Structuring the void: geometry in the architecture of Iran and Central Asia
Porter, Yves [author]
pages 255-274, illustrations
Architectural ornaments and materiality in Iran and Central Asia
Porter, Yves [author]
pages 275-296, illustrations
Creating the image of Central Asia: photography and postcardsin the nineteenth century
Gorshenina, Svetlana [author]
pages 297-323, illustrations