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049 _aCARIBET
050 0 0 _aHD1390
_bM364 2015
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100 1 _aMarcinkoski, Christopher,
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245 1 4 _aThe City That Never Was :
_breconsidering the speculative nature of contemporary urbanization. /
_cChristopher Marcinkoski.
_htxt
250 _aFirst edition
264 _aNew York :
_bPrinceton Architectural Press ,
_c2015.
300 _a256 p.
_bill. ; maps ;
_c29 cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediaded
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338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _aInclude index.
501 _a"The City That Never Was considers the increasingly speculative nature of contemporary urbanization by exploring the consequences of the massive building boom and bust seen in Spain between 1998 and 2008 as a lens through which to reconsider the theory, methods and agency of contemporary urban design and planning praxis".
505 _aTable of Contents: 8 Acknowledgments -- 10 Introduction -- 15 A Brief History of Speculative Urbanization -- 19 Notable Past Speculations -- 25 Recent specalutive Urbanization Events -- 25 The US Sun Belt -- 28 Irish Ghost Estates -- 31 Dubai -- 35 Ongoing Speculative Urbanization -- 35 Panama -- 37 Turkey -- 40 African New Towns -- 43 The People's Republic of China -- 49 City Rankings and Global City Ambitions -- 52 Commonalities and Conclusions -- 57 A New Spanish Miracle -- 60 A Brief Summary of the Boom and Bust -- 63 Roots of the Second Miracle -- 64 Land -- 68 1998 Ley del Suelo -- 72 Housing -- 79 Infrastructure -- 86 The Role of Design -- 90 Broader Contexts -- 92 Responses to the Boom and Bust -- 96 Reflections -- 99 Products of the Boom and Bust -- Case Studies from the Madrid Metropolitan Region -- 100 Introduction -- 102 1997 General Plan / Urban Action Programs -- 110 Urban Expansions -- 138 Ciudad Valdeluz -- 146 High Speed Rail -- 158 Aeropuerto Central Ciudad Real -- 166 Commercial Airports -- 178 AP-41 Autopista Madrid Toledo -- 186 Intercity Motorways -- 198 CREAA / South Extension -- 206 Cultural Institutions -- 217 Urbanization Beyond Speculation 219 Looking Back -- 221 Looking Forward -- 222 Architectural Form -- 224 Land use -- 225 Infrastructure -- 229 Public Realm -- 230 Operating Systems -- 231 Postscript -- 234 Notes -- 250 Index -- 256 Figures and Image Sources --
650 0 _aReal estate development
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aUrbanization
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aCity planning
_xHistory.
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_eFirst edition
_hHD1390
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_mM364 2015
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