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Drosscape : Wasting Land in Urban America by Alan Berger (2007, Trade Paperback)

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Do you really know what is under that new house you just bought? How about what lies beneath the neighborhood playground? Was that "big box" retailer down your street built atop a toxic site? Will the warehouse just beyond your backyard be converted into a shopping center, factory, or trucking hub? These are just a few of the worrisome scenarios facing us all as our cities begin a stealth relocation of industrial facilities from the inner city to the urban peripheryplaces Alan Berger has coined "drosscapes." Now available in paperback, Drosscape: Wasting Land in Urban America is your guide to this vast, hitherto largely ignored field of waste landscapes.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press

ISBN-101568987137

ISBN-139781568987132

eBay Product ID (ePID)57083229

Product Key Features

Book TitleDrosscape : Wasting Land in Urban America

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicUrban & Land Use Planning, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Development / Economic Development, Public Policy / Regional Planning

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Architecture, Business & Economics

AuthorAlan Berger

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight33.5 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromEighth Grade

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal307.12160973

SynopsisDo you really know what is under that new house you just bought? How about what lies beneath the neighborhood playground? Was that "big box" retailer down your street built atop a toxic site? Will the warehouse just beyond your backyard be converted into a shopping center, factory, or trucking hub? These are just a few of the worrisome scenarios facing us all as our cities begin a stealth relocation of industrial facilities from the inner city to the urban peripheryplaces Alan Berger has coined "drosscapes." Now available in paperback, Drosscape: Wasting Land in Urban America is your guide to this vast, hitherto largely ignored field of waste landscapes., Do you really know what is under that new house you just bought? How about what lies beneath the neighborhood playground? Was that "big box" retailer down your street built atop a toxic site? Will the warehouse just beyond your backyard be converted into a shopping center, factory, or trucking hub? These are just a few of the worrisome scenarios facing us all as our cities begin a stealth relocation of industrial facilities from the inner city to the urban periphery places Alan Berger has coined "drosscapes." Now available in paperback,Drosscape: Wasting Land in Urban Americais your guide to this vast, hitherto largely ignored field of waste landscapes.

LC Classification NumberHT167.B467 2007