{"product_id":"food-city-paperback-softback","title":"Food City - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFood City\u003c\/em\u003e, a companion piece to \u003cem\u003eSmartcities and Eco-Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e, innovative architect and urban designer CJ Lim explores the issue of urban transformation and how the creation, storage and distribution of food has been and can again become a construct for the practice of everyday life. \u003cem\u003eFood City\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the reinstatement of food at the core of national and local governance -- how it can be a driver to restructure employment, education, transport, tax, health, culture, communities, and the justice system, re-evaluating how the city functions as a spatial and political entity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobal in scope, \u003cem\u003eFood City\u003c\/em\u003e first addresses the frameworks of over 25 international cities through the medium of food and how the city is governed. It\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethen provides a case study through drawings, models, and text, exploring how a secondary infrastructure could function as a living environmental and food system operating as a sustainable stratum over the city of London. This case study raises serious questions about the priorities of our governing bodies, using architectural relationships to reframe the spaces of food consumption and production, analyzed through historical precedent, function and form. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study of the integration of food, architecture, and the development of future cities will both inspire and stimulate professionals and students in the fields of urban design and architecture. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45585134780654,"sku":"9780415539272","price":77.59,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415539272.jpg?v=1721117734","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/food-city-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}