Concrete Cities: Why We Need to Build Differently

by Rob Imrie

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529220521
• ISBN13: 9781529220520
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"