Urban asymmetries
studies and projects on neoliberal urbanization
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Contributions
- Robles-Durán, Miguel - Contributor
- Delft School of Design - Contributor
Publication
2010 - 010 Publishers, Rotterdam
Language
English
Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25081071M
- ISBN-139789064507243
- ISBN-109064507244
- OCLC Control Number472423745
- OCLC Control Number751706336
and 5 more
- OCLC Control Number745530480
- OCLC Control Numberurbanasymmetries0000unse
- Library of Congress Control Number2011463946
- AmazonB000LDY1EC
- Better World BooksBWB19553935
Classifications
- DDC711
- LCCNA9050 .U72 2010
Description
The onset of the current global economic crisis provides the perfect backdrop for reviewing the dire consequences that neoliberal urban policies have had upon the city, and for discussing possible alternatives to market-driven development. In this light "Urban asymmetries" centres on the contradictions of uneven urban development as a means of providing both a substantial critique of the current urban condition and a discussion of necessary counter practices, policies and strategies for designing in such environments, and inferring that social betterment within the city is possible by strategic use of the tools available to the urbanist and to the architect. The book aims to disprove some of the prevailing disciplinary discourses in architecture and urbanism which see the city as 'a given' rather than as an evolving socio-historic phenomenon, and intends to challenge the ubiquitous understanding of architecture as devoid of any social transformative power.
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Series Statement
- Delft School of Design series on Architecture and Urbanism -- 5
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