Concrete Cities

Why We Need to Build Differently
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2052-0
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 459 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Imrie, Rob

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Won’t Work

Building That Matters to People

Constructing for Species Survival

Building and Construction That Cares

Über Autor(innen)

Imrie, Rob
Rob Imrie was previously Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths University of London and retains a Visiting Professorship there. He has published widely on issues relating to architecture, urban design, and urban politics and regeneration.