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Cities for a Small Country

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Richard Rogers is the chair of the Urban Task Force. He is the prize-winning architect of the Pompidou Centre! Paris! the Lloyds Building and the Millennium Dome! London. He is a passionate advocate of beautiful cities as economic powerhouses! centres of invention! creativity and social integration. Klappentext Britain is abandoning its cities and sprawling over green fields. Is there an alternative?After two years' work for the Urban Task Force! architect Richard Rogers and Professor Anne Power set out the problems of cities and propose radical solutions. Zusammenfassung Britain is abandoning its cities and sprawling over green fields. Crime, congestion and inequality are getting worse. Is there an alternative? After two years' work for the Urban Task Force, architect Richard Rogers and Professor Anne Power set out the problems of cities and propose radical solutions. Suburban sprawl, over-use of energy, environmental damage, depleted inner cities and marginalised communities will force us to waste less and live more compactly. We need cites for a small country. This book follows the celebrated Cities for a Small Planet , weaving together architectural and social perspectives. Future generations will inherit our cities and land: we must make them work.

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Authors Carol Green, Anne Power, Lord Richard Rogers, Richard Rogers, Richard Power Rogers
Publisher Faber & Faber
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 06.11.2000
 
EAN 9780571206520
ISBN 978-0-571-20652-0
No. of pages 320
Dimensions 118 mm x 180 mm x 12 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research

Architecture, Architecture; Cities; Design; Modern Britain, City & town planning: architectural aspects

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