| Becoming Urban: City of Nomads Contributor(s): Bolchover, Joshua (Author) |
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ISBN: 1954081065 ISBN-13: 9781954081062 Publisher: Oro Editions OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2023 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Regional - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Architecture | Vernacular |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.6" W x 10.9" (1.81 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book positions Ulaanbaatar as a unique case and one that allows us to view our urban world differently. Operating as a primordial soup of emerging conditions, Ulaanbaatar is conceived as an incubator for alternative urban concepts. The book rejects the agency of the masterplan as an effective tool in emerging urban conditions and instead positions the framework as a tool for incremental urbanism. Although specific to the Ger districts of Mongolia, the story of how people, communities, planners, and politicians are grappling with the effects of becoming urban remains one of the critical issues facing the 21st century. How this process will be materialized and organized spatially, and by whom, will have profound ramifications on the climate and the social and economic make-up of our future cities. |