Critical Care: Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet edited by Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny and Architekturzentrum Wien aims to use the theater of critical care in addressing many of the environmental, economical, and societal issues occurring in rural and urban areas. The editors argue that architecture and urbanism efforts should be framed with a more caring focus, especially for those individuals who are not traditionally given a voice in the process. Vulnerable populations tend to have limited access to affordable housing, safe drinking water, and clean air, which are examples of some critical care issues. The book thoroughly explores the theater of critical care with 21 international case studies from a variety of authors. The case studies of care can be broken down into three categories: ecology of care, labor of care, and economy of care. These case studies cover diverse themes of caring issues and showed how everyone can be affected directly or indirectly. The authors highlight groups of individuals who have invested interests and what is needed to actually solve the problem. The best way to achieve effective care is to make individuals feel like they have ownership or power in the process.
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