Ground Control by Anna Minton
Have these gleaming business districts, mega malls and gated developments led to 'regeneration', or have they intensified social divisions and made us more fearful of each other? This book reveals the untested - and unwanted - urban planning that is changing not only our cities, but the nature of public space, of citizenship and of trust.
Anna Minton has done us a service with this book. . compelling * The Sunday Times *
A sharp and urgent anaylsis of our changing towns and cities * Metro *
A timely and powerful study . . . revelatory * Guardian *
Compelling . . . raises important questions about the meaning of liberty in contemporary society and what we are prepared to defend today * Times *
A sharp and urgent anaylsis of our changing towns and cities * Metro *
A timely and powerful study . . . revelatory * Guardian *
Compelling . . . raises important questions about the meaning of liberty in contemporary society and what we are prepared to defend today * Times *
Anna Minton is the recipient of five national journalism awards. She was former staff writer for the Financial Times and writes regularly for the Guardian. Anna is the author of The Joseph Rowntree Foundation Viewpoint on fear and distrust and is a member of the writers' panel for The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9780241960905 |
| Title | Ground Control |
| Release date | 2012-01-26 |
| Studio | Penguin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | Anna Minton |