{"product_id":"suburbia-reimagined-by-leon-van-schaik-9781138085510","title":"Suburbia Reimagined","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorldwide, more and more people are living in cities, with suburbs conceived as appendages to the city, rather than being part of the city system, which is densely populated and offers a full range of services. But suburbs are not the city spread too thin, and in fact hold potential for a lived complexity as satisfying as that assumed to be available in inner cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust as the ecological function of wetlands was ignored by modernist planning, and swamps once-drained are now recognised as vital to water cycles, suburbs are increasingly recognised as part of a city’s wellbeing with their own alternative ideology and opportunities for urbanity and ecological sustainability. \u003cem\u003eSuburbia Reimagined\u003c\/em\u003e shows how such subdivision structures can offer new possibilities for sustainably integrating living between generations and between established and arriving migrant communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors worked locally and internationally with university campuses, shopping centres, hospitals, airports, and other large entities spread through suburbia, to identify a broad range of suburban situations that have been modified to ensure that residents have full access to amenities and services. The book addresses the history and design of suburbia, from the post-war soldier settlements of the 40s and 50s to the university hinterlands of Silicon Valley, in order to reappraise the locked potential within such subdivision patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors propose a new model forward, examining case studies ranging from repurposed malls and railways for ecological sustainability to cul-de-sacs as social units and post-industrial factory conversions, ultimately showing the nascent patterns in suburbia that have the potential to support a rich life for all age groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607830085868,"sku":"9781138085510","price":118.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/83c294c6f985b572fbd2bd9854c6b39a.jpg?v=1778187501","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/suburbia-reimagined-by-leon-van-schaik-9781138085510","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}