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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817392903321

Autore

De Jonghe Bert

Titolo

Inventing Greenland : Designing an Arctic Nation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York City : , : Actar D, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9781638408062

9781638409892

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 pages)

Disciplina

711/.4209982

724.6

Soggetti

Regional planning - Greenland

Ecology

Regional planning

Social conditions

Greenland Social conditions

Greenland Environmental conditions

Greenland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword: Imagining Greenland -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Militarization and Globalization -- Shared Histories and Collective Memories -- Housing and Public Projects -- Chromatic Geographies and Material Economies -- Arctic Tourism and Urban Growth -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Biographies -- Image Credits.

Sommario/riassunto

Through the lens of urbanization, Inventing Greenland provides a broad understanding of a unique island undergoing intense transformation while drawing attention to its historical and current challenges and emerging opportunities. Geared towards architects, landscape architects, and urban planners, this book examines the local cultural, social, and environmental realities with a distinct spatial sensitivity, recognizing the diverse array of relationships that the built environment both supports and produces. By exploring Greenland as a



complex and interconnected cultural and geographical space, Inventing Greenland reveals and anticipates transitional moments in the region's highly intertwined urbanized, militarized, and touristic landscapes.