Concrete Dragon

Name: Concrete Dragon
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ISBN: 9781568989686

ISBN-10: 1568989687

ISBN-13: 9781568989686

Edition: 2011

Authors: Thomas J. Campanella

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The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World surveys the driving forces behind the recent great Chinese building boom, larger than anything the world has ever seen, and traces the historical precedents and global flows of ideas and information that are creating a bold new Chinese cityscape, while considering the social and environmental impacts of China's urban future. The Concrete Dragon provides a critical overview of contemporary Chinese urbanization in light of both China's past as well as earlier episodes of rapid urban development elsewhere in the world-especially that of the United States, a nation that itself once set global records for the speed and…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 6/29/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.35" wide x 8.83" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Thomas Campanella is a contributing editor to Wired & regular contributor to Architectural Record. p He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.