Concrete Cities

Why We Need to Build Differently

Concrete Cities
Rob Imrie
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Paperback
h234 x 156mm - 288pg
26 Oct 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781529220520
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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.
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.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529220520
Published: 26 Oct 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 288

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