
Imminent Commons: Commoning Cities
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017
Actar Publishers
Published on 1. December 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-945150-66-1 (ISBN)
Description
The third book from the Seoul Biennale 2017 explores the value and meaning of cities as commons, which is embedded and operate in various governance mechanisms of cities in the world. Imminent Commons: Commoning Cities presents questions and answers concerning the current state and near future of cities of the world through the lens of public initiatives, projects, and urban narratives. Cities are searching for new possibilities that will help them survive and thrive within new systems of municipal governance. The strategies of cities with regard to rapid urbanization, scarcity of public resources, and privatization of commons will be examined through the diverse spectrum of focused projects. It also discusses the present and future of cities as commons in the 21st century through examining various ways the cities use to deliberate, operate, imagine and execute their policies for the city.
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Edition
English
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-945150-66-1 (9781945150661)
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Hyungmin Pai | Hejung Helen Choi
Imminent Commons: Commoning Cities
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017
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10/2017
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