Concrete Cities : Why We Need to Build Differently

Global building and construction cultures are hard-wired to constructing too much, too badly, with major social and ecological consequences. Rob Imrie calls us to build less and to build better as a pre-requisite for enhancing welfare and well-being.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Imrie, Rob
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Concrete construction.
Environmental psychology.
City planning > Environmental aspects.
City planning > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Testimonial page
  • Concrete Cities: Why We Need to Build Differently
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of Figures
  • About the Author
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction: The Omnipresent Nature of Building
  • 2 The Significance of Building and Construction
  • Introduction
  • Formative building and the imprint of construction
  • Modernity and the scaling of building and construction
  • Construction and the (re)production of waste
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Building and the Construction State
  • Introduction
  • Modernisation and building the nation state
  • The political economy of building and the construction state
  • Construction and the criminality of building cultures
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Speculation and Building Booms
  • Introduction
  • Speculator capitalism and the crafting of urban space
  • Speculative real estate and the (re)production of investment portfolios
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Disruption, Displacement and Dispossession
  • Introduction
  • Unsettling settlement and the disruptive and displacing nature of building
  • Building as the devaluation and displacement of communities
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Demolition: Wasting the City and Teardown Building
  • Introduction
  • The demolition paradigm
  • Teardown and the consequences of demolition
  • Rehabilitation and constructing for disassembly and reuse
  • Conclusion
  • 7 Why Building More Housing Will Not Work
  • Introduction
  • The case for building more houses
  • Building more housing is not the panacea
  • Conclusion
  • 8 Building That Matters to People
  • Introduction
  • Disembodied by design and construction
  • Constructing otherwise for inclusion: three examples
  • Creating spaces of play and interaction with nature
  • Breaking the box and the significance of organic building
  • Constructing spaces to enhance mental health and well-being
  • Conclusion
  • 9 Constructing for Species Survival
  • Introduction
  • The unsustainable nature of building
  • Construction and the fallacy of the green agenda
  • Towards a construction that cares for the environment
  • Conclusion
  • 10 Building and Construction That Cares
  • Introduction
  • Crafting a built environment for use, not exchange
  • Pandemic spaces and recrafting the built environment
  • Towards a built environment that cares
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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