Urban Shrinkage, Industrial Renewal and Automotive Plants

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Drawing from multiple perspectives, including architecture, urban design and urban planning, the authors examine the changing form of the auto factory itself, the changing geography of auto production, and the challenges faced by communities as the auto plants that once brought them prosperity, and often a sense of identity, leave town.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-02-21
Mått:148 x 210 x 12 mm
Vikt:293 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:118
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030033798

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Sujata Shetty is Interim Director of the Jack Ford Urban Affairs Center and a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, at the University of Toledo, Ohio. She is trained as an architect and urban planner. Her research explores the role of planning in under-resourced communities from multiple perspectives, including land use planning, urban design and community development, particularly in old industrial cities facing population loss.Andreas Luescher is a Swiss architect, who is currently Professor and Chair of Architecture and Environmental Design at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. His research is on design processes in architecture, design and urban design from an aesthetic, social, public policy, sustainability as well as visual culture perspective. He has written more than 80 papers for presentation at national and international conferences as well as for publication in leading international academic journals.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Automotive Production and its Relationship with the Built Environment.- 2. The Packard Plant a Failed American Model of Transformation.- 3: Strategies to Address Decommissioned Automotive Plants.- 4: Examining Transitions in Four Case Studies.- 5: The Future of Automotive Plants.