
Description
Hommels examines the tensions between obduracy and change in three urban redesign projects in the Netherlands: a renovated city center that fell into drabness and disrepair; a highway system that runs through a densely populated urban area; and a high-rise housing project, designed according to modernist precepts and built for middle-class families, that became a haven for unemployment and crime. Unbuilding Cities contributes to a productive fusion of STS and urban studies.
Product Details
Publisher | The MIT Press |
Publish Date | August 29, 2008 |
Pages | 292 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780262582827 |
Dimensions | 9.0 X 7.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.8 pounds |
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