Making the Arctic city : the history and future of urbanism in the circumpolar North / Peter Hemmersam.

Main entry:

Hemmersam, Peter, 1969- author.

Title & Author:

Making the Arctic city : the history and future of urbanism in the circumpolar North / Peter Hemmersam.

Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Description:

xvi, 254 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing the Arctic -- Building cities in the Arctic -- Studying Arctic cities -- Developing Russia's Arctic cities -- Developing Canada's Arctic cities -- Developing Greenland's cities -- Defining Arctic urbanism -- The architects of the Arctic city -- Learning from the Arctic city.

Summary:

"Making the Arctic City explores the unwritten history of city-building in the Arctic over the last 100 years. Spanning northern regions of North America, through Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard to Russia, this is the first book to provide a truly circumpolar account of historical and contemporary architecture and urbanism in the Arctic - and it shows how the Arctic city offers valuable lessons for the post-colonial study of architectural and urban history elsewhere. Examining architects' and planners' designs for Arctic urban futures, it considers the impact of 20th-century models of urban design and planning in Arctic cities, and reveals how contemporary architectural approaches continue to this day to essentialize 'extreme' climate conditions and disregard the agency of Arctic city-dwellers - a critical perspective that is vital to the formulation of future design and planning practices in the region"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781350235854 hardback
1350235857 hardback
9781350235861 paperback
1350235865 paperback
(adobe pdf)
9781350235878
(epub)
9781350235885
9781350235892

Subject:

Cities and towns Arctic regions.
City planning Arctic regions.
Villes Arctique.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Arctic Regions.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317597
Call No.: 317597
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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