Concrete Cities : Why We Need to Build Differently / Rob Imrie.
2021
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Author
Title
Concrete Cities : Why We Need to Build Differently / Rob Imrie.
Imprint
Bristol : Bristol University Press, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Description
1 online resource (298 p.) : 61 Black and White
Formatted Contents Note
Front Matter
Contents
List of Figures
About the Author
Preface
Introduction: The Omnipresent Nature of Building
The Significance of Building and Construction
Building and the Construction State
Speculation and Building Booms
Disruption, Displacement and Dispossession
Demolition: Wasting the City and Teardown Building
Why Building More Housing Will Not Work
Building That Matters to People
Constructing for Species Survival
Building and Construction That Cares
Notes
References
Index
Contents
List of Figures
About the Author
Preface
Introduction: The Omnipresent Nature of Building
The Significance of Building and Construction
Building and the Construction State
Speculation and Building Booms
Disruption, Displacement and Dispossession
Demolition: Wasting the City and Teardown Building
Why Building More Housing Will Not Work
Building That Matters to People
Constructing for Species Survival
Building and Construction That Cares
Notes
References
Index
Summary
This accessible critique of urban construction reimagines city development and life in an era of unprecedented building. Exploring the proliferation of building and construction, Imrie sets out its many degrading impacts on both people and the environment. Using examples from around the world, he illustrates how construction is motivated by economic and political ideologies rather than actual need, and calls for a more sensitive, humane and nature-focused culture of construction. This compelling book calls for radical changes to city living and environments by building less, but better.
Language Note
In English.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)
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Title is part of eBook package: Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 De Gruyter
Available in Other Form
print
Access Note
restricted access (http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec) online access with authorization
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DeGruyter online
Language
English
ISBN
9781529220544
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