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Terms and conditions applySprawltown: Looking for the City on its Edges
Richard Ingersoll
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Format: Book
Pages: 182
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Date Published: Aug 2006
Stock Code: 57409
Binding: Paperback
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Sprawl. The word calls to mind a host of troublesome issues such as city flight, runaway suburban development, and the conversion of green space to soulless housing developments. In Sprawltown, architectural historian Richard Ingersoll makes the surprising claim that sprawl is an inevitable reality of modern life that should be addressed more thoughtfully and recognised as its own new form of urbanism rather than simply being criticised and condemned.
In five thought-provoking chapters, covering topics such as tourism, film, and the automobile, Ingersoll takes the position that any solution to the problems of sprawl including pressing issues like resource use and energy waste must take into consideration its undeniable success as a social milieu. No screed against the suburb, this book offers a more sophisticated and nuanced view of the way we think about its rapid development and growth.
Richard Ingersoll teaches architectural history and urban design at Syracuse University in Florence and the Facolta' di Architettura in Ferrara.
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