Cyclical city : five stories of urban transformation / Jill Desimini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desimini, Jill, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use, Urban--Case studies.

Land use, Urban.

Urban renewal--Case studies.

Urban renewal.

Terrain vague.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 279 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.

Summary:

"As cities evolve and resources shift with time, spaces within those cities are often left fallow and abandoned. Cyclical City tells the stories behind these sites, from Philadelphia's Liberty Lands park to Lisbon's Green Plan, and it looks at the ways in which these narratives can be leveraged toward future engagement and use. Jill Desimini posits a fundamental role for spatial design practice to transform abandoned urban landscapes through time. She argues for approaches that promote the specific affordances of the land itself (hydrology, vegetation, topography, geology, infrastructural capacity, occupation potential); the importance of cyclical change; and the particularities of the cultural, political, and physical context. These themes are explored in five cities-Philadelphia, Berlin, Lisbon, Amsterdam, and Saint Louis-and across centuries, from periods of great upheaval to ones of relative stability and even economic growth. Desimini considers what landscape-driven design can bring to cities losing people and economic resources, how design practice can be more inclusive in a context of market failure, and the ways in which abandoned landscapes can become our commons"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the underlying conditions

Stormwater : 350 years of hydrology in Philadelphia

Gleiswildnis : 200 years of ecology in Berlin

Hortas : 500 years of agronomy and and landscape planning in Lisbon

Speelplaatsen : 100 years of play in Amsterdam

Fallow land : 150 years of disinvestment in St. Louis

Conclusion : the common project.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version:

Desimini, Jill. Cyclical city

Online version: Desimini, Jill. Cyclical city

ISBN:

9780813946320

0813946328

OCLC:

1201686819