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This book provides a multidisciplinary approach for the study of the “abandonment” problem at the inter-section among urban studies, neo-institutionalist perspectives, and social ontology. An analytical framework (based on descriptive and operational issues, factors, reasons, policies) has been built to interpret the phenomenon of abandonment and possible ways of intervening. The work considers the Italian situation in general terms and examines the case study of Milan in depth. This case is interesting because it triggered public discussions on the problem of abandonment in a non-shrinking context. Moreover, recently, specific policies to cope with abandonment problem have been introduced. The purpose of the book is to show that the problem of the “abandonment” of urban buildings should be understood as a social fact and not as a brute fact. Thus, in this work the “abandoned” state of buildings is considered as not directly related to certain physical variables; rather, it entirely depends on human evaluations. Crucial information in this regard is how institutional frameworks (e.g. sets of rules of conduct) influence individual behaviour and actions through time. In this view, we may identify abandonment as a phenomenon intertwined with the actions of both private and public entities. The neo-institutional approach helps to highlight how the problem of abandonment is articulated with respect to property rights, formal constraints, reasons behind policy decisions, intervention strategies and implementations.

Geography. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Abandoned buildings. --- Derelict buildings --- Buildings

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This pocket size book shows photographer Henk van Rensbergen's most iconic photos of the past 25 years of abandoned buildings from all over the world.

Abandonment of property --- Pictorial works --- Abandoned buildings --- Abandoned houses --- Photography, Artistic --- Architectural photography --- Derelict buildings --- Buildings --- Photography, Architectural --- Photography of architecture --- Photography of buildings --- Photography --- Artistic photography --- Photography, Pictorial --- Pictorial photography --- Art --- Aesthetics --- Rensbergen, Henk van,

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Photography, Industrial. --- Industrial archaeology --- Abandoned buildings --- Distilleries --- Bourbon whiskey --- Whiskey --- Stills --- Beverage processing plants --- Distilling industries --- Derelict buildings --- Buildings --- Antiquities, Industrial --- Archaeology --- Industrial buildings --- Industrial equipment --- Industrial photography --- Photography --- Photography in industry --- Commercial photography --- History --- Industrial applications

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Buildings --- Abandoned buildings --- Maya architecture. --- Edifices --- Halls --- Structures --- Architecture --- Derelict buildings --- Architecture, Maya --- Mayas --- Remodeling for other use --- Central America --- Mexico --- Antiquities. --- Maya architecture --- Abandoned buildings - Mexico --- Abandoned buildings - Central America --- Buildings - Remodeling for other use - Mexico --- Buildings - Remodeling for other use - Central America --- Mexico - Antiquities --- Central America - Antiquities --- Built environment

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Urban Wildscapes is one of the first edited collections of writings about urban 'wilderness' landscapes. Evolved, rather than designed or planned, these derelict, abandoned and marginal spaces are frequently overgrown with vegetation and host to a wide range of human activities. They include former industrial sites, landfill, allotments, cemeteries, woods, infrastructural corridors, vacant lots and a whole array of urban wastelands at a variety of different scales. Frequently maligned in the media, these landscapes have recently been re-evaluated and this collection assembles these fresh perspectives in one volume. Combining theory with illustrated examples and case studies, the book demonstrates that urban wildscapes have far greater significance, meaning and utility than is commonly thought, and that an appreciation of their particular qualities can inform a far more sustainable approach to the planning, design and management of the wider urban landscape. The wildscapes under investigation in this book are found in diverse locations throughout the UK, Europe, China and the US. They vary in scale from small sites to entire cities or regions, and from discrete locations to the imaginary wildscapes of children's literature. Many different themes are addressed including the natural history of wildscapes, their significance as a location for all kinds of playful activity, the wildscape as 'commons' and the implications for landscape architectural practice, ranging from planting interventions in wildscapes to the design of the urban public realm on wildscape principles.

Duurzame stedenbouw --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Wilderness areas. --- Vacant lands. --- Abandoned buildings. --- Derelict buildings --- Buildings --- Vacant land --- Vacant lots --- Land use, Urban --- Terrain vague --- Lands, Protected wild --- Places, Protected wild --- Protected wild lands --- Protected wild places --- Protected wildlands --- Regions, Wilderness --- Wild lands, Protected --- Wild places, Protected --- Wilderness areas --- Wilderness regions --- Wildlands, Protected --- National parks and reserves --- Natural areas --- Protected areas --- Cities and towns --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Conservation --- Environmental aspects --- 316.334.56 --- 504 --- 712 --- Urbane sociologie --- Ecologie --- Landschapsarchitectuur --- Abandoned buildings --- Vacant lands --- 574 --- Ecologie en bioverscheidenheid