Uneven growth : tactical urbanisms for expanding megacities / Pedro Gadanho.

"How can we address the rising social and spatial inequality produced by an ever-growing planetary urbanization? ... This publication brings together three approaches to this crucial issue."--Back cover. "The six speculative proposals presented in this catalogue are the result of a productive and dy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gadanho, Pedro (Author, Editor)
Corporate Author: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (Host institution, Issuing body)
Language:English
Published: New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2014]
Subjects:
City planning > History > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Cities and towns > Growth > History > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Metropolitan areas > History > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Cities and towns > Growth.
City planning.
Metropolitan areas.
Verstädterung.
Stadtentwicklung.
Städtebau.
Megastadt.
Stadsplanning.
Urbanisatie.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Physical Description:167 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Tactical urbanisms for expanding megacities.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Mirroring uneven growth : a speculation on tomorrow's cities today / Pedro Gadanho
  • The crisis of planetary urbanization / David Harvey
  • Accretion and rupture in the global city / Ricky Burdett
  • Complex and incomplete spaces for tactical urbanism / Saskia Sassen
  • Rethinking uneven growth : it's about inequality, stupid / Teddy Cruz
  • Urban challenges : specifications of form and the indeterminacy of public reception / Nader Tehrani
  • Design scenarios and tactical urbanisms. Hong Kong / MAP Office, Hong Kong, Network Architecture Lab, Columbia University, New York ; Tactical urbanisms : East Asia ; Istanbul / Superpool, Istanbul, Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée, Paris ; Tactical urbanisms : Europe ; Lagos / NLÉ, Lagos and Amsterdam, Zoohaus/Inteligencias Colectivas, Madrid ; Tactical urbanisms : Africa ; Mumbai / URBZ:user-generated cities, Mumbai, Ensamble Studio/MIT-POPlab, Madrid and Cambridge ; Tactical urbanisms : South Asia ; New York / SITU Studio, New York, Cohabitation Strategies (CohStra), Rotterdam and New York ; Tactical urbanisms : North America ; Rio de Janeiro / RUA Arquitetos, Rio de Janeiro, MAS Urban Design, ETH Zurich ; Tacitcal urbanisms : Latin America.