In the face of the ongoing climate emergency, can humanity keep chipping at its food sheds via urbanization? This is the paradoxical question raised by residential forms of urbanization: On the one hand, housing settlements across the world devour thousands of hectares of arable fields at the periphery of growing cities. On the other hand, housing is a human right. This publication investigates these complexities. After On Architecture and Greenwashing (2024), it is the second volume in the series The Political Economy of Space and presents a cross-section of positions on architecture and its political economies from different perspectives. …mehr
In the face of the ongoing climate emergency, can humanity keep chipping at its food sheds via urbanization? This is the paradoxical question raised by residential forms of urbanization: On the one hand, housing settlements across the world devour thousands of hectares of arable fields at the periphery of growing cities. On the other hand, housing is a human right. This publication investigates these complexities. After On Architecture and Greenwashing (2024), it is the second volume in the series The Political Economy of Space and presents a cross-section of positions on architecture and its political economies from different perspectives.
CoverHalftitleTitlepageTable of ContentsThe Land Upon Which We Build - Charlotte Malterre-BarthesLand, Property, Colony - Andrew Herscher and Ana María LeónCapitalist Urbanization and Agrarian Questions: A Very Brief Primer - Swarnabh GhoshAgainst the Ruralization of the Amazon: The Forest as Architectural Heritage - Paulo TavaresEclipse: Beyond the City Design across Center-Periphery - Milica TopalovicContributorsAcknowledgmentsImage CreditsImpact EvaluationColophon
CoverHalftitleTitlepageTable of ContentsThe Land Upon Which We Build - Charlotte Malterre-BarthesLand, Property, Colony - Andrew Herscher and Ana María LeónCapitalist Urbanization and Agrarian Questions: A Very Brief Primer - Swarnabh GhoshAgainst the Ruralization of the Amazon: The Forest as Architectural Heritage - Paulo TavaresEclipse: Beyond the City Design across Center-Periphery - Milica TopalovicContributorsAcknowledgmentsImage CreditsImpact EvaluationColophon
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