Temporary and Tactical Urbanism: (Re)Assembling Urban Space eBook

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Temporary and Tactical Urbanism examines a key set of urban design strategies that have emerged in the twenty-first century. Such projects range from guerrilla gardens and bike lanes to more formalised temporary beaches and swimming pools, parklets, pop-up plazas and buildings and container towns. These practices enable diverse forms of economic, social and artistic life that are usually repressed by the fixities of urban form and its management. This book takes a thematic approach to explore what the scope of this practice is, and understand why it has risen to prominence, how it works, who is involved, and what its implications are for the future of city design and planning. It critically examines the material, social, economic and political complexities that surround and enable these small, ephemeral urban interventions. It identifies their short-term and long-term implications for urban intensity, diversity, creativity and adaptability. The book’s insights into temporary and tactical urbanism have particular relevance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has highlighted both the need and the possibility of quickly transforming urban spaces worldwide. They also reveal significant lessons for the long-term planning and design of buildings, landscapes and cities.

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9781032256535, 9781003284390, 9781000638400

Temporary and Tactical Urbanism: (Re)Assembling Urban Space 1st Edition is written by Quentin Stevens; Kim Dovey and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Temporary and Tactical Urbanism are 9781000638431, 100063843X and the print ISBNs are 9781032256542, 1032256540. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781032256535, 9781003284390, 9781000638400.