Food city / CJ Lim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lim, C. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food industry and trade--Case studies.

Food industry and trade.

Food--Transportation--Case studies.

Food.

Food service--Case studies.

Food service.

City planning.

Food--Transportation.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

304 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"In Food City, a companion piece to Smartcities and Eco-Warriors, innovative architect and urban designer CJ Lim explores the issue of urban transformation and how the creation, storage and distribution of food has been and can again become a construct for the practice of everyday life. Food City investigates the reinstatement of food at the core of national and local governance -- how it can be a driver to restructure employment, education, transport, tax, health, culture, communities, and the justice system, re-evaluating how the city functions as a spatial and political entity. Global in scope, Food City first addresses the frameworks of over 25 international cities through the medium of food and how the city is governed. It then provides a case study through drawings, models, and text, exploring how a secondary infrastructure could function as a living environmental and food system operating as a sustainable stratum over the city of London. This case study raises serious questions about the priorities of our governing bodies, using architectural relationships to reframe the spaces of food consumption and production, analyzed through historical precedent, function and form. This study of the integration of food, architecture, and the development of future cities will both inspire and stimulate professionals and students in the fields of urban design and architecture. "-- Provided by publisher.

"In Food City, a companion piece to Smartcities and Eco-Warriors, innovative architect and urban designer CJ Lim explores the issue of urban transformation and how the creation, storage and distribution of food has been and can again become a construct for the practice of everyday life. Food City investigates the reinstatement of food at the core of national and local governance -- how it can be a driver to restructure employment, education, transport, tax, health, culture, communities, and the justice system, re-evaluating how the city functions as a spatial and political entity"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415539265

0415539269

9780415539272

0415539277

OCLC:

785868997