Michael Moynihan: Why are we convinced that the city of the future has to be green?
A new book by Professor Des Fitzgerald of UCC's Radical Humanities Laboratory ranges over assumptions about the modern urban experience
Aerial view of Poundbury village, England. Poundbury reflects King Charles III's traditional approach to architecture and urban planning. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
New book alert: The City of Today is a Dying Thing: In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow is the kind of title that would catch the eye of any self-respecting city columnist.
When I learned that its author, Des Fitzgerald, is a Professor of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences based at UCC’s Radical Humanities Laboratory, I stirred myself.
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