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Reform! : essays on the political economy of urban form.

Title
Reform! : essays on the political economy of urban form. Vol. 4 / edited by Marc Angélil & Sarah Nichols.
Publication
Berlin : Ruby Press, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • Angelil, Marc M.
  • Nichols, Sarah
  • Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, author, sponsoring body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
Description
133 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : many illustrations (chiefly color); 18 cm.
Summary
The fourth volume in the popular series 'Essays on the Political Economy of Urban Form', 'Reform!' argues that sometimes the most effective path to meaningful change is to work within existing institutions and slowly, surely, push for it. This is all the more relevant for architecture, which by definition is entrenched in larger social, economic, and political contexts. Architecture's captivity to external interests should not be seen as a weakness, but rather as a unique opportunity to change things up. Edited by Marc Angélil and Sarah Nichols, the book collects four essays debating reform in topics as diverse as urban planning policy in Mumbai, troubling city fabrics in Detroit, the failings of municipal housing in Diyarbakir (Turkey), and building processes in Tirana (Albania).
Series Statement
Essays on the political economy of urban form ; vol. 4
Uniform Title
Essays on the political economy of urban form ; v. 4.
Subject
  • Urbanization
  • Urbanization > Political aspects
  • Authority
Note
  • "WERK 11: A Laboratory for Contemporary Urban Design and Research"--Title page verso.
ISBN
  • 9783944074122
  • 3944074122
OCLC
  • ocn912355566
  • 912355566
  • SCSB-5815186
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries