A Field Guide to Sprawl - Couverture rigide

Hayden Ph.D., Dolores

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0393731251 ISBN 13 : 9780393731255

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2004

Synopsis

Duck, ruburb, tower farm, big box, and pig-in-a-python are among the dozens of zany terms invented by real estate developers and designers today to characterize land-use practices and the physical elements of sprawl. Sprawl in the environment, based on the metaphor of a person spread out, is hard to define. This concise book engages its meaning, explains common building patterns, and illustrates the visual culture of sprawl. Seventy-five stunning color aerial photographs, each paired with a definition, convey the impact of excessive development. This "engagingly organized and splendidly photographed" (Wall Street Journal) book provides the verbal and visual vocabulary needed by professionals, public officials, and citizens to critique uncontrolled growth in the American landscape.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dolores Hayden, professor of architecture and American studies at Yale, writes about the politics of design.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393731251
• ISBN 13: 9780393731255
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible