Common ground in a liquid city

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Common ground in a liquid city

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If we want to preserve what’s still left of the natural world, we need to stop using so much of it. And cities are the best chance we have left for a sustainable future … but only if they remain vibrant, dynamic spaces that are unfolded by millions of people working together—and not by master plans and planners. What will it take to make our cities truly sustainable? In a world where the flow of money and jobs and people is largely determined by the whims of global capital, Matt Hern’s `Common Ground in a Liquid City’ is a refreshingly down-to-earth look at the importance of place in the urban future. Using his own hometown of Vancouver—the poster city for “sustainable” urban development—as a foil, Matt travels around the globe in search of the elements that make our cities livable. Along the way, he pieces together a very different picture of urban renewal, one in which place regains its flavor and its funk, and cities become much more than bland investment opportunities.

SKU: 24491 Category: Tag:
Subtitle: Essays in defense of an urban future
Author: Hern, Matt
Year: 2010
ISBN: 9781849350105
Pages: 240
Language: English
Publisher: AK Press
Publisher's city: Edinburgh
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