Reading about the city from the city-fringe: this is a satisfying occupation.
See http://books.google.com/books/about/The_evaluative_image_of_the_city.html?id=kmNPAAAAMAAJ

The stitching together of different visual research and mapping methods and theories for my not so new any more MPhil is coming along > > > Lynch, Nasar, Meitner, Appleyard etc (= succulent surnames at least).