The help-yourself city : legitimacy and inequality in DIY urbanism / Gordon C.C. Douglas.
2018
HT166 .D66424 2018
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Title
The help-yourself city : legitimacy and inequality in DIY urbanism / Gordon C.C. Douglas.
ISBN
9780190691349 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
HT166 .D66424 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.1216
Summary
In 'The Help-Yourself City', Gordon Douglas looks closely at the people who take urban planning into their own hands, dubbed 'do-it-yourself urban design' and exposes the ways that DIY urban designers are increasingly celebrated and appropriated into economic development efforts that perpetuate cycles of inequality for disadvantaged communities.
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In 'The Help-Yourself City', Gordon Douglas looks closely at the people who take urban planning into their own hands, dubbed 'do-it-yourself urban design' and exposes the ways that DIY urban designers are increasingly celebrated and appropriated into economic development efforts that perpetuate cycles of inequality for disadvantaged communities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 11, 2017).
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Print version: 9780190691332
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