SynergiCity[electronic resource] :re...
Armstrong, Paul J.,

 

  • SynergiCity[electronic resource] :reinventing the postindustrialcity /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 307.1/2160973
    書名/作者: SynergiCity : reinventing the postindustrialcity // Paul Hardin Kapp and Paul J. Armstrong, contributing editors ;foreword by Richard Florida.
    其他作者: Armstrong, Paul J.,
    出版者: Champaign : : University of Illinois Press,, 2012.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xiii, 194 p.) : : ill. (some col.).
    標題: ARCHITECTURE / Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
    標題: ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.
    標題: ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-).
    標題: Deindustrialization - Social aspects - United States.
    標題: Cities and towns - United States.
    標題: City planning - United States.
    ISBN: 9780252093937 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9780252036811 (hbk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    摘要、提要註: "After World War II, the industrial bases of many cities have shrunkor moved elsewhere, turning large parts of once thriving cities into vacant lots and empty shells. Despite sobering statistics about the decline of the industrial Midwest, economists, urban planners, and sociologists are optimistic that the post-industrial city can reinvent itself. SynergiCity: The Architecture of the Post-Industrial City proposes a new vision of urbanism, architectural design, and urban revitalization inthe United States in the twenty-first century, with a particular emphasis on the industrial Midwest.It offers an remedy for the decline of the post-industrial city drawing on successes in a number ofmajor cities and on expertise from a variety of fields and methodologies. The authors contend that industrial cities like Peoria, Detroit, Saint Louis, must continually redefine themselves if they expect to attract a new creative class of residents and compete globally. One of the project's drivingquestions is, "What architectural form will this new innovation economy take in the rust-belt cities of the Midwest?" The contributors and editors of this book have developed design principles to promote the innovation necessary to transform cities like Peoria for the new economy, based on findingsfrom similar case studies of similar cities and developments (including the American Tobacco District in Durham, NC; the Warehouse District of New Orleans, the Milwaukee River Greenway, and the Detroit Eastern Market Redevelopment District). The contributors are experts in architecture, planning, and real estate development. The book features images developed by the University of Illinois Graduate Architecture Studio, as well as relevant images from Peoria and other cities"--
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