Cities are bad for us: polluted, noisy and fundamentally unnatural.
We need green space, not concrete; trees, not tower blocks. So goes
the argument, anyway. 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 Japan, and from rats in mazes to neuroscientific
studies of the effects of our surroundings. Along the way, he
reveals the deep-lying and often problematic 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.
General
| Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
Des Fitzgerald
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 135 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-36221-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-571-36221-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780571362219 |
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