Alessandro Busà

The Creative Destruction of New York City

Engineering the City for the Elite

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Creative Destruction of New York City tells the story of fifteen years of shocking urban changes in New York City under the administrations of Bloomberg and de Blasio, and identifies the urban regime of city producers who are rebuilding cities like New York for a brand new global class of super-wealthy city consumers.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 665g
• ISBN-13: 9780190610098
• ISBN-10: 0190610093
• Artikelnr.: 47864541

Autorenporträt

A critical urban scholar with a cross-disciplinary background and a passion for thought-provoking research, Alessandro Busà seeks to demystify established knowledge around the issues that matter the most to the life of ordinary urban residents. Busà has carried out research in New York City at Columbia University, and has published extensively on the social, cultural and economic impact of urban development in New York's most iconic neighbourhoods. Busà holds a Ph.D. from the Technical University of Berlin.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: The New Face of Harlem's Main Street
Chapter 2: How Capital Shapes Our Cities
Chapter 3: City Producers and City Consumers
Chapter 4: City Producers and City Consumers in New York City
Chapter 5: Rezoning NYC
Chapter 6: Branding NYC
Chapter 7: The Rezoning that Almost Killed Coney Island
Chapter 8: A Different Brand of Mayor
Afterword