Cities in the Urban Age: A Dissent Beauregard Robert A.Paperback
Cities in the Urban Age: A Dissent Beauregard Robert A.Paperback We live in a self-proclaimed Urban Age, where we celebrate the city as the source of economic prosperity, a nurturer of social and…
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Cities in the Urban Age: A Dissent Beauregard Robert A.Paperback
We live in a self-proclaimed Urban Age, where we celebrate the city as the source of economic prosperity, a nurturer of social and cultural diversity, and a place primed for democracy. Without cities, we tell ourselves, human civilization would falter and decay. We proclaim the city as the fertile ground from which progress will arise.
Beauregard argues that this line of thinking is not only hyperbolic--it is too celebratory by half.For Beauregard, the city is a cauldron for four haunting contradictions. In Cities in the Urban Age, Robert A. First, cities are equally defined by both their wealth and their poverty.
Second, cities are simultaneously environmentally destructive and yet promise sustainability. Third, cities encourage rule by political machines and oligarchies, even as they are essentially democratic and at least nominally open to all. And fourth, city life
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