This book considers the provisional nature of cities in relation to
the Anthropocene - the proposed geological epoch of human-induced
changes to the Earth system. It charts an environmental history of
curfews, admonitions and alarms about dwelling on Earth.
'Provisional cities' are explored as exemplary sites for thinking
about living in this unsettled time. Each chapter focuses on
cities, settlements or proxy urbanisations, including past disaster
zones, remote outposts in the present and future urban fossils. The
book explores the dynamic, changing and contradictory relationship
between architecture and the global environmental crisis and looks
at how to re-position architectural and urban practice in relation
to wider intellectual, environmental, political and cultural
shifts. The book argues that these rounder and richer accounts can
better equip humanity to think through questions of vulnerability,
responsibility and opportunity that are presented by immense
processes of planetary change. These are cautionary tales for the
Anthropocene. Central to this project is the proposition that
living with uncertainty requires that architecture is reframed as a
provisional practice. This book would be beneficial to students and
academics working in architecture, geography, planning and
environmental humanities as well as professionals working to shape
the future of cities.
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