Inside High-Rise Housing : Securing Home in Vertical Cities

Megan Nethercote

ISBN 10: 1529216281 / ISBN 13: 9781529216288

Published by Bristol University Press Jul 2022, 2022

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Neuware - EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Condominium and comparable legal architectures make vertical urban growth possible, but do we really understand the social implications of restructuring city land ownership in this way Geographer and architect Megan Nethercote enters the condo tower to explore the hidden social and territorial dynamics of private vertical communities. Informed by residents' accounts of Australian high-rise living, this book shows how legal and physical architectures fuse in ways that jeopardize residents' experience of home and stigmatize renters. As cities sprawl skywards and private renting expands, this compelling geographic analysis of property identifies high-rise development's overlooked hand in social segregation and urban fragmentation, and raises bold questions about the condominium's prospects.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inside High-Rise Housing : Securing Home in Vertical Cities
• Publisher: Bristol University Press Jul 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529216281
• ISBN 13: 9781529216288
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 18D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 576 grams

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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Condominium and comparable legal architectures make vertical urban growth possible, but do we really understand the social implications of restructuring city land ownership in this way?

Geographer and architect Megan Nethercote enters the condo tower to explore the hidden social and territorial dynamics of private vertical communities. Informed by residents’ accounts of Australian high-rise living, this book shows how legal and physical architectures fuse in ways that jeopardize residents’ experience of home and stigmatize renters.

As cities sprawl skywards and private renting expands, this compelling geographic analysis of property identifies high-rise development’s overlooked hand in social segregation and urban fragmentation, and raises bold questions about the condominium’s prospects.

About the Author

Megan Nethercote is an ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University, Australia.