Civic Realism (Mit Press)

Rowe, Peter G.

ISBN 10: 0262681056 / ISBN 13: 9780262681056

Edité par MIT Press, 1999

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Synopsis :

A study of the shape and appearance of civic places and the social, political, and cultural circumstances that bring them into existence.

A civic place belongs to everyone and yet to nobody in particular. In Civic Realism, Peter G. Rowe looks at the shape and appearance of civic places, and at the social, political, and cultural circumstances that bring them into existence. The book is as much about the making and reshaping of civic places as it is about urban architecture per se. According to Rowe, the best civic place-making occurs across the divide between the state and civil society. By contrast, the alternatives are not very attractive. On the one side are state-sponsored edifices and places of authoritarian nature. On the other are the exclusive enclaves of corporate-dominated urban and suburban environments.

À propos de l?auteur:

Thomas E. Graedel is Clifton R. Musser Professor of Industrial Ecology, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, and Director of the Center for Industrial Ecology at Yale University. He is the author of Streamlined Life-Cycle Assessment and lead author or coauthor of a number of other books.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Civic Realism (Mit Press)
Éditeur : MIT Press
Date d'édition : 1999
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good