Concrete Cities: Why We Need to Build Differently

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Concrete Cities: Why We Need to Build Differently
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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
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