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Three decades ago, the Washington Post writer Joel Garreau published his book Edge City. It was subtitled ‘Life on the new American frontier’, and it caused a huge stir on both sides of the Atlantic.In it, he identified a new kind of place - often yet to be recorded on a road atlas - that was shaping the way Americans lived. But what about the UK? Has the erosion of our planning system - not to mention the covid lockdowns, and our crumbling high streets - been sending us in a similar direction?David Boyle and Lesley Yarranton both followed the debate from opposite sides of the world, when the UK shuddered at the edge city idea. But a great deal has changed since then. This book takes them in search of a British version of a big American ideal.With a foreword by Sue Pritchard, chief executive of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.
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Edge City UK: Abomination or new urban form?, Lesley Yarranton, David Boyle
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2022
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- Titel
- Edge City UK: Abomination or new urban form?
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Lesley Yarranton, David Boyle
- Verlag
- LIGHTNING SOURCE INC
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2022
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 104
- ISBN13
- 9781912119462
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Kunst & Kultur, Architektur, Architektur & Städtebau
- Beschreibung
- Three decades ago, the Washington Post writer Joel Garreau published his book Edge City. It was subtitled ‘Life on the new American frontier’, and it caused a huge stir on both sides of the Atlantic.In it, he identified a new kind of place - often yet to be recorded on a road atlas - that was shaping the way Americans lived. But what about the UK? Has the erosion of our planning system - not to mention the covid lockdowns, and our crumbling high streets - been sending us in a similar direction?David Boyle and Lesley Yarranton both followed the debate from opposite sides of the world, when the UK shuddered at the edge city idea. But a great deal has changed since then. This book takes them in search of a British version of a big American ideal.With a foreword by Sue Pritchard, chief executive of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.