Swimming Pools

A Landmark of Sprawl. Mediterranean Urbanity, Landscape Architecture and Social Issues

Luca Salvati, Ilaria Zambon (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

158 Seiten

2018
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-4139-9 (ISBN)

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Urban sprawl has radically transformed Southern European landscapes. Nowadays, sprawl is a major benefiting factor in the daily lives of thousands of people and its mismanagement reflects relevant social and economic issues. For these reasons, a specific effort should be made to identify contributing factors and set up suitable indicators informing strategies of sustainable urban growth. This book proposes an original interpretation of contemporary metropolitan contexts, candidating residential swimming pools as a landmark of urban sprawl. Detached houses, backyard pools and private gardens reflect a landscape with peculiar social, political and cultural dynamics. Comparing the spatial distribution of swimming pools with appropriate background indicators may explain how sprawl has occurred in three representative cities of Southern Europe (Barcelona, Rome and Athens), proposing future strategies for urban sustainability. The authors study verifies whether or not swimming pools are a useful tool for monitoring sprawl pattern and processes, clarifying the major challenges that society faces in managing peri-urban land.

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Erscheinungsdatum	26.10.2018
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-5361-4139-9 / 1536141399
ISBN-13	978-1-5361-4139-9 / 9781536141399
Zustand	Neuware