Granular Configurations: Sand, Materiality, and Planetary Urbanization.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Almarcegui, Lara, contributor.

Barney, Darin, contributor.

Bisht, Arpita, contributor.

Budiyono, Yus, contributor.

Büsse, Michaela, editor, contributor.

Cheng, Jingru (Cyan), contributor.

Dawson, Katherine, contributor.

Diamanti, Jeff, contributor.

Gallardo I., Francisco, contributor.

Gemilang, Muhammad Soufi Cahya, contributor.

Haven, Dingeman L.H. van der, contributor.

Hückel, Wolfgang, contributor.

Jamison, William, contributor.

Ley, Lukas, contributor.

Meulen, Michiel J. van der, contributor.

Samson, Audrey, contributor.

Tauer, Katharina, contributor.

The, Ian, contributor.

Tollefson, Hannah, contributor.

Wentworth, Chester K., contributor.

Zee, Jerry, contributor.

Zhan, Chen, contributor.

Siriwardane-de Zoysa, Rapti, contributor.

FRAUD, contributor.

Library Stack, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth sciences.

Ecology.

Economics.

Natural resources.

Geoscience.

Genre:

Discursive works

Critical Writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : K. Verlag, 2025.

Summary:

"Granular Configurations: Sand, Materiality, and Planetary Urbanization explores the world's most used-yet often overlooked-building material: sand. Bringing together voices from geography, geology, social sciences, art, and the humanities, the book traces how sand moves and transforms, resisting easy capture by political and ecological systems. From extractive practices and colonial legacies to fragile infrastructures and grassroots struggles, sand emerges here not just as a resource, but as an unstable force shaping the planetary urban condition."-- provided by distributor.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND.

Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 01/24/2026).

ISBN:

3-947858-86-8