Drosscape: Wasting Land Urban America

Drosscape: Wasting Land Urban America
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Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 1568987137
ISBN-13 : 9781568987132
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Book Synopsis Drosscape: Wasting Land Urban America by : Alan Berger

Download or read book Drosscape: Wasting Land Urban America written by Alan Berger and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2007-05-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Do you really know what's under that new house you just bought? How about what's underneath the neighbourhood playground? Was the big-box retailer down the street built atop a toxic site?These are just a few of the worrisome scenarios as our cities begin a stealthy relocation of industrial facilities from the inner city to the urban periphery. These are the places Alan Berger has coined "drosscapes," and this is his guide to the previously ignored field of waste landscapes.


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