""Cities are dynamic places. While they are full of permanent structures that change-the building teardown replaced by another building-cities also house spaces that have no intention of permanence, what Lauren Andres refers to as temporary urbanism. Adaptable Cities and the Future of Temporary Urbanisms examines how adaptability has been deployed globally in recent history leading to very distinct but complementary forms of temporary urbanisms. Andres draws on international examples in Europe, south andeast Africa, Lebanon, Brazil, and the United States to develop a sense of how temporariness and adaptability are deployed in research, policy and practice. She also takes into consideration the COVID-19 pandemic, its effect on cities, and how cities willbe reshaped in its aftermath. For Andres, temporary strategies should become common and more frequently used as planned as urban practices because their malleable and innovative mechanisms are based on improvised and innovative thinking. However, she finds that standardization remains the dominant mode of urban planning and will have negative consequences; as governments co-opts the temporary it can drive further inequity.""--
Cities are typically thought of as permanent. Structures, streets, infrastructure, and other features of the built environment, even if they are periodically replaced, are intended to endure. But temporary, flexible spaces and uses are essential to how cities function and the ways urban dwellers inhabit them. Such adaptability, moreover, is fundamental if cities are to meet the challenges of the future.
This book examines temporary urbanisms across varied global contexts, considering their significance for cities and everyday life as well as for policy and practice. It brings together many distinct forms and facets of temporariness and adaptabilityfrom sites of consumption by privileged residents to the survival strategies of marginalized groupsdrawing on examples spanning five continents. Lauren Andres explores the driving forces of adaptability as well as the power dynamics and tensions between temporariness and permanence. She highlights how adaptability enhances livability, sustainability, and resilience, showing its importance for addressing crises such as climate change, socioeconomic inequalities, and pandemics. Authoritative and wide-ranging, Adaptable Cities and Temporary Urbanisms reveals why experimentation and creativity are crucial to the present and future of cities.
This book examines temporary urbanisms across varied global contexts, considering their significance for cities and everyday life as well as for policy and practice.
