Concrete Cities: Why We Need to Build Differently

Front Cover -- Testimonial Page -- Concrete Cities: Why We Need To Build Differently -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures -- About The Author -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The Omnipresent Nature Of Building -- 2 The Significance Of Building And Construction -- Introduction -- Formative Building And The Imprint Of Construction -- Modernity And The Scaling Of Building And Construction -- Construction And The (re)production Of Waste -- Conclusion -- 3 Building And The Construction State -- Introduction -- Modernisation And Building The Nation State The Political Economy Of Building And The Construction State -- Construction And The Criminality Of Building Cultures -- Conclusion -- 4 Speculation And Building Booms -- Introduction -- Speculator Capitalism And The Crafting Of Urban Space -- Speculative Real Estate And The (re)production Of Investment Portfolios -- Conclusion -- 5 Disruption, Displacement And Dispossession -- Introduction -- Unsettling Settlement And The Disruptive And Displacing Nature Of Building -- Building As The Devaluation And Displacement Of Communities -- Conclusion 6 Demolition: Wasting The City And Teardown Building -- Introduction -- The Demolition Paradigm -- Teardown And The Consequences Of Demolition -- Rehabilitation And Constructing For Disassembly And Reuse -- Conclusion -- 7 Why Building More Housing Will Not Work -- Introduction -- The Case For Building More Houses -- Building More Housing Is Not The Panacea -- Conclusion -- 8 Building That Matters To People -- Introduction -- Disembodied By Design And Construction -- Constructing Otherwise For Inclusion: Three Examples -- Creating Spaces Of Play And Interaction With Nature Breaking The Box And The Significance Of Organic Building -- Constructing Spaces To Enhance Mental Health And Well-being -- Conclusion -- 9 Constructing For Species Survival -- Introduction -- The Unsustainable Nature Of Building -- Construction And The Fallacy Of The Green Agenda -- Towards A Construction That Cares For The Environment -- Conclusion -- 10 Building And Construction That Cares -- Introduction -- Crafting A Built Environment For Use, Not Exchange -- Pandemic Spaces And Recrafting The Built Environment -- Towards A Built Environment That Cares -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References Index -- Back Cover Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.