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Concrete City

Author : Armelle Choplin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119812003
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Concrete City written by Armelle Choplin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONCRETE CITY “Armelle Choplin’s Concrete City weaves a novel and engaging analysis of urbanization by tracing the journeys of cement and people making urban life in West Africa. From post-independence high modernist ambitions to building the opportunities to make a living, the emerging transnational corridor along the West African coast provides a starting point for insights which will expand and inform understanding of both established and newly emerging urbanization processes in many different contexts.” —Jennifer Robinson, Professor of Geography, University College of London, UK “In this very innovative and superbly illustrated book, Armelle Choplin makes cement vibrant with affect, politics, economic interests and cultural meanings. She takes us to a fascinating journey along the West African urban corridor following the social life of concrete and showing how this material shapes contemporary urbanization and everyday life.” —Ola Söderström, Professor of Geography, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland Concrete City: Material Flows and Urbanization in West Africa delivers a theoretically informed, ethnographic exploration of the African urban world through the life of concrete. Emblematic of frenetic urban and capitalistic development, this material is pervasive, shaping contemporary urban landscapes and societies and their links to the global world. It stands and circulates at the heart of major financial investments, political forces and environmental debates. At the same time, it epitomises values of modernity and success, redefining social practices, forms of dwelling and living, and popular imaginaries. The book invites the reader to follow bags of cement from production plant to construction site, along the 1000-kilometre urban corridor that links Abidjan to Accra, Lomé, Cotonou and Lagos, combining the perspectives of cement tycoons, entrepreneurs and political stakeholders, but also of ordinary men and women who plan, build and dream of the Concrete City. With this innovative exploration of urban life through concrete, Armelle Choplin delivers a fascinating journey into and reflection on the sustainability of our urban futures.

Concrete Cities

Author : Rob Imrie
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 152922053X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Concrete Cities written by Rob Imrie and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible critique of urban construction reimagines city development and life in an era of unprecedented building. Exploring the proliferation of building and construction, Imrie sets out its many degrading impacts on both people and the environment. Using examples from around the world, he illustrates how construction is motivated by economic and political ideologies rather than actual need, and calls for a more sensitive, humane and nature-focused culture of construction. This compelling book calls for radical changes to city living and environments by building less, but better.

Concrete and Clay

Author : Matthew Gandy
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262572163
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Concrete and Clay written by Matthew Gandy and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary account of the environmental history and changing landscape of New York City. In this innovative account of the urbanization of nature in New York City, Matthew Gandy explores how the raw materials of nature have been reworked to produce a "metropolitan nature" distinct from the forms of nature experienced by early settlers. The book traces five broad developments: the expansion and redefinition of public space, the construction of landscaped highways, the creation of a modern water supply system, the radical environmental politics of the barrio in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the contemporary politics of the environmental justice movement. Drawing on political economy, environmental studies, social theory, cultural theory, and architecture, Gandy shows how New York's environmental history is bound up not only with the upstate landscapes that stretch beyond the city's political boundaries but also with more distant places that reflect the nation's colonial and imperial legacies. Using the shifting meaning of nature under urbanization as a framework, he looks at how modern nature has been produced through interrelated transformations ranging from new water technologies to changing fashions in landscape design. Throughout, he considers the economic and ideological forces that underlie phenomena as diverse as the location of parks and the social stigma of dirty neighborhoods.

Concrete Cities

Author : Rob Imrie
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529220513
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Concrete Cities written by Rob Imrie and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Concrete Reveries

Author : Mark Kingwell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670037803
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (378 download)

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Download or read book Concrete Reveries written by Mark Kingwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the relationship between urbanism and personal identity evaluates the ways in which people are shaped by their spaces and vice versa, in an account that explores such topics as the disparities between structural interiors and exteriors, the moral obligations of citizens, and the role of a city's atmosphere in molding its residents' beliefs. 10,000 first printing.

Concrete Jungle

Author : Niles Eldredge
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520958306
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Concrete Jungle written by Niles Eldredge and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If they are to survive, cities need healthy chunks of the world’s ecosystems to persist; yet cities, like parasites, grow and prosper by local destruction of these very ecosystems. In this absorbing and wide-ranging book, Eldredge and Horenstein use New York City as a microcosm to explore both the positive and the negative sides of the relationship between cities, the environment, and the future of global biodiversity. They illuminate the mass of contradictions that cities present in embodying the best and the worst of human existence. The authors demonstrate that, though cities have voracious appetites for resources such as food and water, they also represent the last hope for conserving healthy remnants of the world’s ecosystems and species. With their concentration of human beings, cities bring together centers of learning, research, government, finance, and media—institutions that increasingly play active roles in solving environmental problems. Some of the topics covered in Concrete Jungle: --The geological history of the New York region, including remnant glacial features visible today --The early days of urbanization on Manhattan Island, focusing on the history of Central Park, Collect Pond, and Manhattan Square --The history of early railway lines and the development of New York’s iconic subway system --The problem of producing enough safe drinking water for an ever-expanding population --Prominent civic institutions, including universities, museums, and zoos

Concrete Changes

Author : Brian M. Sirman
Publisher : Bright Leaf
ISBN 13 : 9781625343574
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Concrete Changes written by Brian M. Sirman and published by Bright Leaf. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1950s to the end of the twentieth century, Boston transformed from a city in freefall into a thriving metropolis, as modern glass skyscrapers sprouted up in the midst of iconic brick rowhouses. After decades of corruption and graft, a new generation of politicians swept into office, seeking to revitalize Boston through large-scale urban renewal projects. The most important of these was a new city hall, which they hoped would project a bold vision of civic participation. The massive Brutalist building that was unveiled in 1962 stands apart -- emblematic of the city's rebirth through avant-garde design. And yet Boston City Hall frequently ranks among the country's ugliest buildings. Concrete Changes seeks to answer a common question for contemporary viewers: How did this happen? In a lively narrative filled with big personalities and newspaper accounts, Brian M. Sirman argues that this structure is more than a symbol of Boston's modernization; it acted as a catalyst for political, social, and economic change.

Western Construction News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1052 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Western Construction News written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Concrete

Author : Harvey Whipple
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Concrete written by Harvey Whipple and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Father's Son

Author : Stephen W. Trout
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456878689
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book My Father's Son written by Stephen W. Trout and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A secret from Christians past haunts him following the murder of one friend, the suicide of another, and his wifes fatal car accident. Christian searches for a connection between his secret and these recent deaths. At the core of My Fathers Son is the dysfunctional relationship between Christian and his father. This father-son dynamic is a central theme as the relationships between the four main characters and their fathers unfold. Discovering Christians secret is only the beginning; each succeeding chapter brings a new revelation. In the end, this is a story of the redemptive power of friendship, family, and love.

Little Kids, Big City

Author : Alex McCord
Publisher : Sterling & Ross Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0982139225
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Little Kids, Big City written by Alex McCord and published by Sterling & Ross Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stars of Bravo TV’s The Real Housewives of New York City, Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen, have a hit show and a great book, Little Kids, Big City, a lighthearted and critically acclaimed he-said, she-said rant, about their experiences raising their two young children in the Big Apple. More of a Momoir (and Dadoir) covering the last 10 years of their lives, Alex & Simon write with a unique and humorous insight into the challenges facing parents today. They use their own hard-won experience as a springboard to discuss life before children and their determination not to have any, followed by their journey and eventual change of heart and the rollercoaster ride of having two children in two years in a seemingly non-child-friendly environment. Rather than a preachy, how-to guide, Simon & Alex take the reader on a romp through the indignities and surprises that befell them. Their informative and often hair-raising stories of life in the concrete jungle make Little Kids, Big City a must-read for anyone who has ever had children, hated children or thought they might want to have them someday, as well as for any fan of their hit show.

Annual Report of the Secretary of War

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Secretary of War written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Reports of the War Department

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Annual Reports of the War Department written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

"Invisible Cities" and the Urban Imagination

Author : Benjamin Linder
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031130480
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book "Invisible Cities" and the Urban Imagination written by Benjamin Linder and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1972, Italo Calvino published Invisible Cities, a literary book that masterfully combines philosophy and poetry, rigid structure and free play, theoretical insight and glittering prose. The text is an extended meditation on urban life, and it continues to resonate not only among literary scholars, but among social scientists, architects, and urban planners as well. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Invisible Cities, this collection of essays serves as both an appreciation and a critical engagement. Drawing from a wide array of disciplinary perspectives and geographical contexts, this volume grapples with the theoretical, pedagogical, and political legacies of Calvino’s work. Each chapter approaches Invisible Cities not only as a novel but as a work of evocative ethnography, place-writing, and urban theory. Fifty years on, what can Calvino’s dreamlike text offer to scholars and practitioners interested in actually existing urban life?

Annual Reports of the Various City Officers of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Author : Minneapolis (Minn.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Annual Reports of the Various City Officers of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota written by Minneapolis (Minn.) and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coal Age

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1072 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Coal Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1955-1962 include: Mining guidebook and buying directory.

The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Global Urban Studies

Author : Patrick Le Galès
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100090413X
Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Global Urban Studies written by Patrick Le Galès and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Global Urban Studies is a timely intervention into the field of global urban studies, coming as comparison is being more widely used as a method for global urban studies, and as a number of methodological experiments and comparative research projects are being brought to fruition. It consolidates and takes forward an emerging field within urban studies and makes a positive and constructive intervention into a lively arena of current debate in urban theory. Comparative urbanism injects a welcome sense of methodological rigor and a commitment to careful evaluation of claims across different contexts, which will enhance current debates in the field. Drawing together more than 50 international scholars and practitioners, this book offers an overview of key ideas and practices in the field and extends current thinking and practice. The book is primarily intended for scholars and graduate students for whom it will provide an invaluable and up-to-date guide to current thinking across the range of disciplines which converge in the study of urbanism, including geography, sociology, political studies, planning, and urban studies.