Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age

by Timothy Beatley

Meaningful places offer a vital counterbalance to the forces of globalization and sameness that are overtaking our world, and are an essential element in the search for solutions to current sustainability challenges. In Native to Nowhere, author Tim Beatley draws on extensive research and travel to communities across North America and Europe to offer a practical examination of the concepts of place and place-building in contemporary life. Tim Beatley reviews the many current challenges to place, considers trends and factors that have undermined place and place commitments, and discusses in detail a number of innovative ideas and compelling visions for strengthening place.


Native to Nowhere brings together a wide range of new ideas and insights about sustainability and community, and introduces readers to a host of innovative projects and initiatives. Native to Nowhere is a compelling source of information and ideas for anyone seeking to resist place homogenization and build upon the unique qualities of their local environment and community.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Politics, Urban Planning, Urbanism, Architecture

408 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 2005

Reviews

[Jesse English · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was just okay. The tone is very dry, almost like an academic paper or thesis. Having read it in my third year of my Masters in Landscape Architecture program, it did not really tell me anything I didn't already know or have read somewhere else. It might be good for someone without much knowledge of the subject matter, but I think there are better books out there for introducing the topic. It could serve as a reference book, I suppose. Overall, there are better books on this topic.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heavy on examples and community planning thoughts. Not bad, just feels like it adds unnecessary length.