Changing the Commons : Stories about Placemaking
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1957183330
ISBN-13
9781957183336
Publisher
Oro Editions
Imprint
Oro Editions
Country of Manufacture
CN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 14th, 2023
Print length
312 Pages
Weight
1,152 grams
Dimensions
20.50 x 25.60 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Landscape art & architectureEnvironmental managementSustainability
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This book of stories reveals how placemaking has evolved since the 1960s and 1970s to embed values of equity, inclusiveness, community-building, and ecological sustainability within the common physical environment, offering a beacon of hope for the future.
The intense social and environmental fervor that arose in the 1960s and 1970s in response to assaults on the planets life support systems, degradation of communities, and socio-economic inequality unleashed revolutionary change at all levels of society.
Out of the turmoil of that era, community-based ecological design emerged as a powerful creative force for reshaping the commons, bringing people together, and forming ecologically sustainable relationships with the environment. The stories in this book reveal how the revolution has played out in reconceiving public places in the landscape of every-day life in northern California. The text focuses on the broad human, social, environmental, and cultural aspects of place-making to create livable, inclusive, sustainable, and treasured spaces. The aesthetic experience of each place is revealed through photos, diagrams, sketches, and plans. Success stories like these offer hope, so sorely needed, for dealing with the seemingly insurmountable current assaults on earths life support systems.
Out of the turmoil of that era, community-based ecological design emerged as a powerful creative force for reshaping the commons, bringing people together, and forming ecologically sustainable relationships with the environment. The stories in this book reveal how the revolution has played out in reconceiving public places in the landscape of every-day life in northern California. The text focuses on the broad human, social, environmental, and cultural aspects of place-making to create livable, inclusive, sustainable, and treasured spaces. The aesthetic experience of each place is revealed through photos, diagrams, sketches, and plans. Success stories like these offer hope, so sorely needed, for dealing with the seemingly insurmountable current assaults on earths life support systems.
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