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The city of today is a dying thing : in search of the cities of tomorrow
Fitzgerald, Des2024
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Click and Collect for The city of today is a dying thing : in search of the cities of tomorrowCities are bad for us: polluted, noisy and fundamentally unnatural. We need green space, not concrete. Trees, not tower blocks. So goes the argument. But is it true? What would the city of the future look like if we tried to build a better life from the ground up? And would anyone want to live there? Here, Des Fitzgerald takes us on an urgent, unforgettable journey into the future of urban life, from shimmering edifices in the Arizona desert to forest-bathing in deepest Wales, and from rats in mazes to neuroscientific studies of the effects of our surroundings. Along the way, he reveals the deep-lying and often controversial roots of today's green city movement, and offers an argument for celebrating our cities as they are - in all their raucous, constructed and artificial glory.
Main title:
The city of today is a dying thing : in search of the cities of tomorrow / Des Fitzgerald.
Author:
Fitzgerald, Des, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2024.©2024
Collation:
277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index.
ISBN:
9780571362219 (hbk)9780571362219
Dewey class:
307.76
LC class:
HT241
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
559161
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Society and Beliefs | 307.76 FIT | Onloan - Due: 23 Aug 2024 |
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