Commoning Cities

114 · Imminent Commons: Commoning Cities

Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017

The third book from the Seoul Biennale 2017 explores the sites, exhibition installations, and diverse array of programs that were realized during the Seoul Biennale. Imminent Commons: Commoning Cities presents questions and answers concerning the current state and near future of cities of the world through the lens of public initiatives, projects, and urban narratives. Cities are searching for new possibilities that will help them survive and thrive within new systems of municipal governance. The strategies of cities with regard to rapid urbanization, scarcity of public resources, and privatization of commons will be examined through the diverse spectrum of focused projects. It also discusses the present and future of cities as commons in the 21st century through examining various ways the cities use to deliberate, operate, imagine and execute their policies for the city.

Eds. Size Format ISBN Printed · EN Price Hyungmin Pai, Helen Hejung Choi 6.7 x 9.5 in. / 17 x 24 cm Softcover · 160 pages 978-1-94515-066-1 $29.95 / €25 / £23

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