The Built and Social Architectures of Alternative Settlements
Malcolm Miles
- Author(s)
- Malcolm Miles
- Publication, year
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008
- Scope
- 256 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780415375764
Thousands urban utopias exist around the world, including intentional communities, eco-villages, permaculture plots, religious and secular retreats, co-housing projects, self-build schemes, projects for low-impact housing, and activist squats in urban and rural sites. The book is structured in four parts. In part one, literary and theoretical utopias from the early modern period to the nineteenth-century are reconsidered. Part two investigates twentieth-century urban utopianism and contemporary alternative settlements focusing on social and environmental issues, activism and eco-village living. Part three looks to wider horizons in recent practices in the non-affluent world, and Part four reviews a range of cases from the author’s visits to specific sites. This is followed by a short conclusion in which a discussion of key issues is resumed.
- Location
- Cabinet 19 - 3: Utopia ; De Ideale Stad
- Remarks
- Incl. bibliographical references and Index.
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