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Concrete Cities: Why We Need to Build Differently
Contributor(s): Imrie, Rob (Author)

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 ISBN: 1529220513     ISBN-13: 9781529220513
Publisher: Bristol University Press
OUR PRICE: $132.95  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2021
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Housing & Urban Development
- Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning
- Business & Economics | Industries - Construction
Dewey: 721.044
LCCN: 2022363216
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.31 lbs) 298 pages
 
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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.
 
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