A Field Guide to Sprawl - Couverture souple

Hayden Ph.D., Dolores

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393731987 ISBN 13 : 9780393731989

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2006

Synopsis

A Field Guide to Sprawl was selected by the urban web site Planetizen for its list of "Top Ten Books in Urban Studies" and by Discover magazine for its list of "Top 20 Books in Science." Features on the book appeared in The New York Times and the Boston Globe. 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: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393731987
• ISBN 13: 9780393731989
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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• Personne responsable: non disponible