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Fordham University Press Urban Formalism The Work of City Reading
Book SynopsisThis book examines how the city peoples of New York and Paris interpreted their urban surroundings during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. At the center of this examination are the literary, material, political, and visual forms which afforded contemporaries new ways of “reading” the modern metropolis.Table of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1 Strong Reading, or the Literary Conversion of the Urban | 17 2 Reading the Urban Form of Fire | 46 3 The Revolutionary Formalism of France | 72 4 Photography and the Image of the City | 96 Afterword | 124 Acknowledgments | 127 Notes | 131 Bibliography | 149 Index | 179
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Fordham University Press Urban Formalism The Work of City Reading
Book SynopsisThis book examines how the city peoples of New York and Paris interpreted their urban surroundings during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. At the center of this examination are the literary, material, political, and visual forms which afforded contemporaries new ways of “reading” the modern metropolis.Table of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1 Strong Reading, or the Literary Conversion of the Urban | 17 2 Reading the Urban Form of Fire | 46 3 The Revolutionary Formalism of France | 72 4 Photography and the Image of the City | 96 Afterword | 124 Acknowledgments | 127 Notes | 131 Bibliography | 149 Index | 179
£85.50
Fordham University Press Boss of Black Brooklyn The Life and Times of
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword: Former Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick Reminisces vii Preface: A Grandson Learns His Duty xi Introduction: An Ancestor Speaks from Beyond 1 1 The Lasting Anger of an Abandoned Son 10 2 Irene: Baker Forever, but Never a Boss 32 3 Searching for a Band of Brothers 44 4 A “Coloured” West Indian in the Realm of the Irish and the Jews 65 5 The American Tennis Association as a Brotherhood/Sisterhood 83 6 Climbing the Ladder to Elective Office 91 7 On a Mission in the 1950s: Desegregation of Housing 97 8 Master of Black Compromise 108 9 The 1960s, Political Reform, and Personal Tragedy 126 10 Irene, in the End, Became His Connection to Home and Mother 149 11 Author Commentary. Downtown Brooklyn: Soul of the Boss, Soul of a People 155 12 Author Commentary. My Other Grandfather, a Priest and Writer I Hardly Knew 159 Conclusion: Century of Promise, Century of Hope 172 Acknowledgments 183 Notes 187 Bibliography 199 Index 207 Photographs follow page 96
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Fordham University Press The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico Neil Connollys
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword | ix Introduction | 1 1. Puerto Rico | 9 2. The New Parish | 27 3. A Changed Church, a Changed Role | 57 4. Summer in the City | 80 5. World Struggles, Parish Struggles | 105 6. Organizing Priests | 140 7. Social Action, Political Power | 165 8. South Bronx—Commitment and Abandonment | 189 9. New Ministers | 213 10. People for Change | 239 11. Another World, a Larger Mission | 264 12. New Leadership | 293 Acknowledgments | 313 Notes | 319 Index | 347
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Fordham University Press Notable New Yorkers of Manhattans Upper West Side
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface | ix How to Use This Book | xv What Is Bloomingdale? What Is Morningside Heights? | xix Timeline of Bloomingdale–Morningside Heights | xxi THE WEST 90s | 3 THE WEST 100s | 103 THE WEST 110s | 201 THE WEST 120s | 293 RIVERSIDE DRIVE | 327 Acknowledgments | 421 Image Credits | 425 Index | 429
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Fordham University Press The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot
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Fordham University Press 12 Angry Men
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 Part I: Origins 1. Dreams of a Writer | 11 2. Getting Started (1952 to Summer 1953) | 23 3. Two Programs, Two Movies (1952 to 1954) | 34 4. Original Dramas for Studio One (Summer 1953 to Spring 1954) | 46 Part II: The Television Program 5. A Visit to Foley Square (Spring 1954) | 57 6. “Twelve Angry Men” (Summer 1954) | 71 7. Gaining Momentum (Fall 1954 to Spring 1955) | 81 Part III: The Movie 8. Henry Fonda and the Deal for 12 Angry Men (Spring and Summer 1955) | 95 9. Developing the Screenplay (Fall 1955 to Spring 1956) | 103 10. Assembling the Team (Spring 1956) | 113 11. Six Weeks of Work (Summer 1956) | 122 12. Release and Reviews (Fall 1956 to Spring 1958) | 133 Part IV: The Defenders 13. New Directions (1957 to 1960) | 145 14. The Defenders (1960 to Spring 1962) | 155 15. The Defenders (Fall 1962 to 1965) | 166 16. After The Defenders | 179 Part V: The Journey of 12 Angry Men 17. A Life on Stage | 193 18. A Lesson in the Law | 208 19. A Masterclass in Human Behavior | 220 20. New Versions, New Meanings | 230 Epilogue | 239 Appendix: “Twelve Angry Men” (TV Featurette) | 245 Acknowledgments | 251 Notes | 257 Selected Bibliography | 291 Index | 297 Photographs follow pages 102 and 198
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Fordham University Press The Roads to Hillbrow Making Life in South
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations | ix Prologue 1: Return to Hillbrow | 1 Prologue 2: Being White and the Politics of Not Seeing | 9 1. South Africa: A History of Land Dispossession and Migration | 13 2. Hillbrow and Apartheid | 37 3. Uprising and Change, 1976–93 | 59 4. Hillbrow in a New Country, 1994–99 | 97 5. Hillbrow in the Twenty- First Century | 125 6. A Web of Relationships | 187 7. Hillbrow’s Credoscapes—Spaces of Hope and Connection | 213 Conclusion | 225 Epilogue: The COVID- 19 Crisis in Hillbrow | 229 Acknowledgments | 239 Notes | 243 Index | 269 Photographs follow page 132
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Fordham University Press The Roads to Hillbrow Making Life in South
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations | ix Prologue 1: Return to Hillbrow | 1 Prologue 2: Being White and the Politics of Not Seeing | 9 1. South Africa: A History of Land Dispossession and Migration | 13 2. Hillbrow and Apartheid | 37 3. Uprising and Change, 1976–93 | 59 4. Hillbrow in a New Country, 1994–99 | 97 5. Hillbrow in the Twenty- First Century | 125 6. A Web of Relationships | 187 7. Hillbrow’s Credoscapes—Spaces of Hope and Connection | 213 Conclusion | 225 Epilogue: The COVID- 19 Crisis in Hillbrow | 229 Acknowledgments | 239 Notes | 243 Index | 269 Photographs follow page 132
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University of Hawai'i Press Villages in the City A Guide to South Chinas
Book SynopsisCountless Chinese villages have been engulfed by modern cities. They no longer consist of picturesque farms and feng shui groves, but of high-rise buildings so close to each other that they create dark claustrophobic alleys - jammed with dripping air-conditioners, hanging clothes, caged balconies and bundles of buzzing electric wires, and crowned with a small strip of daylight, known as thin line sky. At times, buildings stand so close to another they are dubbed kissing buildings or handshake houses - you can literally reach out from one building and shake hands with your neighbor. Although it is easy to see these villages as slums, a closer look reveals that they provide an important, affordable, and well-located entry point for migrants into the city. They also offer a vital mixed-use, spatially diverse and pedestrian alternative to the prevailing car-oriented modernist-planning paradigm in China. Yet, most of these villages are on the brink of destruction, affecting the homes of m
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Vanderbilt University Press Urban Indigenous Assemblages
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Vanderbilt University Press Urban Indigenous Assemblages
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Cornell University Press Our Elders Lived It
Book SynopsisMore than half of all native Americans live in cities yet urban Indians have not received the same attention as "traditional" Indians who dwell on reservations. This is a study of a midsized city where shaping a distinct identity has been complicated by economic misfortune and social deprivation.Trade Review"Magnificent.... Elusive issues of ethnic identity are explored sensitively and in depth."—Choice "Exquisitely crafted."—Joan Weibel-Orlando, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Introduction: The Question of Identity 1. Identity and the City 2. Institutions and Identities 3. "Assimilated Indians" 4. "Paper Indians" 5. Family Ties Conclusion: A Matter of Community Appendix: Quoted Anishinaabe People Notes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Our Elders Lived It
Book SynopsisMore than half of all native Americans live in cities yet urban Indians have not received the same attention as "traditional" Indians who dwell on reservations. This is a study of a midsized city where shaping a distinct identity has been complicated by economic misfortune and social [deprivation.Trade Review"Magnificent.... Elusive issues of ethnic identity are explored sensitively and in depth."—Choice "Exquisitely crafted."—Joan Weibel-Orlando, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Introduction: The Question of Identity 1. Identity and the City 2. Institutions and Identities 3. "Assimilated Indians" 4. "Paper Indians" 5. Family Ties Conclusion: A Matter of Community Appendix: Quoted Anishinaabe People Notes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Moving Up Moving Out
Book SynopsisIn Moving Up, Moving Out, Will Cooley discusses the damage racism and discrimination have exacted on black Chicagoans in the twentieth century, while accentuating the resilience of upwardly-mobile African Americans. Cooley examines how class differences created fissures in the black community and produced quandaries for black Chicagoans interested in racial welfare. While black Chicagoans engaged in collective struggles, they also used individualistic means to secure the American Dream. Black Chicagoans demonstrated their talent and ambitions, but they entered through the narrow gate, and whites denied them equal opportunities in the educational institutions, workplaces, and neighborhoods that produced the middle class. African Americans resisted these restrictions at nearly every turn by moving up into better careers and moving out into higher-quality neighborhoods, but their continued marginalization helped create a deeply dysfunctional city. African Americans settled in ChTrade ReviewIn pushing the boundaries of segregation, the 'aspiring class' of Black Chicagoans suffered sustained harassment and violence from anonymous whites Cooley's book traces this oppression well into the twentieth century. * South Side Weekly *Cooley's study provides a fresh approach to a well-covered subject and is a welcome addition to the literature. * Journal of American History *Moving Up, Moving Out tells an important and concise story that points to the interworkings of America's caste system.The study will work well in an undergraduate or graduate classroom interested in the workings of racial capitalism.The study will work well in an undergraduate or graduate classroom interested in the workings of racial capitalism Overall, Moving Up, Moving Out tells an important and concise story that points to the interworkings of America's caste system * The Journal of African American History *
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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Gardens City Life and Culture
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on International Law and Cities
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking Research Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the impact of international law on cities. It sheds light on the growing global role of cities and makes the case for a renewed understanding of international law in the light of the urban turn.Trade ReviewAwarded the 2022 ESIL Collaborative Book Prize'Research Handbooks tend to be just that – a book for reading selected contents one is interested in. Not this Handbook – it is fascinating from the beginning to end. Research Handbook of International Law and Cities, edited by Helmut Philip Aust and Janne E. Nijman, is an innovative collaborative work because it draws light at the growing importance of cities in international legal frameworks. Traditionally, cities have had relatively little to do with international law as the law of nations was constructed around the nation state and its sovereignty. The book invites us to rethink this proposition as it demonstrates how cities have become active in areas traditionally thought to be relating to international law. It thus raises awareness of a blind spot in international law, filling a research gap – adding more actors to the multiplicity of actors relevant in international law. […]‘This is an essential read for all of those studying or working at the intersection of International Relations and urban policy. The volume is a treasure trove of legal and international nuance critical to unpack the challenges that confront the internationalization of cities in the multilateral arena.’ -- Michele Acuto, International Affairs‘I would commend this book to all lawyers practising in the field of public international law and to students of the subject. It is a useful and innovating reference book and contributes to a better understanding of the role of cities in various fields of international law.’ -- Stephen D Sutton, The Law Society Gazette'Aust and Nijman's Research Handbook on International Law and Cities captures the complexity, and the controversy, of the relationship between cities and international law in all its splendour. This is a skilfully designed and executed - and coherent - work from the leading legal scholars in the field. The reader is led through the history, structure and many of the current issues in what is an increasingly well-established field, both academically and in practice. There will be many more thematic avenues to explore but the principles and the path are set out here. This book will become a dear friend for many historians, political scientists and lawyers, to name but a few.' -- Robert Lewis-Lettington, UN-Habitat'Walter Benjamin - foremost among writers on cities - once observed (to paraphrase) that crafting a good piece of writing entails making, at once, a musical composition, an architectural construction, and a woven textile. The Research Handbook on International Law and Cities that Helmut Aust and Janne Nijman have assembled, working with Miha Marcenko and a superb array of contributors, succeeds in all these ways. Combining historical, conceptual, practical and critical takes on the role of cities in global phenomena, and on various manifestations of the global in the urban, it sounds provocative notes for future work. Its construction is at once magisterial and replete with intriguing openings. Its fabric is rich in theoretical and empirical threads of value to international law and cognate disciplines. As one sometimes does in a city, I lost myself in its pages, in the most pleasurable way. Regardless of their disciplinary or geographic starting point, all those who read it - or should I say, visit this volume’s many cities - are sure to emerge newly informed and inspired.' -- Fleur Johns, UNSW Sydney, Australia'This Research Handbook offers a rich array of insightful analyses about the way that international law is being shaped, interpreted, and implemented by cities. After exploring historical antecedents, the volume dives into structural aspects of cities within international law, before tackling the role of cities in reshaping particular subject matter areas, such as climate change, human rights and refugees. For those captivated by States and international organizations as the only actors that count, this volume will change your mind.' -- Sean D. Murphy, George Washington University, US and Member, U.N. International Law CommissionTable of ContentsContents: 1 The emerging roles of cities in international law – introductory remarks on practice, scholarship and the Handbook 1 Helmut Philipp Aust and Janne E. Nijman PART I INTERNATIONAL LEGAL HISTORIES OF CITIES 2 Silk Road cities and their co-existing legal traditions 17 Valerie Hansen 3 Legitimizing interurban cooperation in the Middle Ages: the legal system of the Hanse 29 Tobias Boestad 4 The legal system among Italian city republics 41 Susanne Lepsius 5 Cities and international law: an imperial perspective 52 Luigi Nuzzo 6 Invisibility of cities in classical international law 64 Mirko Sossai 7 Cities, post-coloniality and international law 77 Luis Eslava and George Hill 8 Global city networks and the nation-state: rethinking a false tradeoff 90 Boris Vormann PART II CITIES AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 9 International legal personality/subjectivity of cities 103 Yishai Blank 10 Sources and law-making 121 Yukiko Takashiba 11 Responsibility 135 Katja Creutz 12 Dispute settlement 147 Moritz Baumgärtel 13 International organizations and cities 158 Jacob Katz Cogan 14 Sovereignty 173 Anouche Beaudouin PART III PRACTICE AREAS: HOW CITIES ARE RESHAPING INTERNATIONAL LAW 15 Climate change law and sustainable development 187 Anél du Plessis 16 The role of transnational city networks in environmental governance 201 Jolene Lin 17 The global insecure counterterrorism city 214 Alejandro Rodiles 18 Finding international law ‘close to home’: the case of human rights cities 227 Martha F. Davis 19 Cities, refugees and migration 240 Barbara Oomen 20 Development cooperation and the city 251 Michael Riegner 21 The role of cities in the global governance of health 265 Christian Iaione and Elena de Nictolis 22 The law of economic globalization and cities 279 Jorge E. Viñuales and Lucy Lu Reimers 23 From global city to Olympic city: the transnational legal journey of London 2012 293 Antoine Duval 24 City diplomacy: experience from the ground 305 Mauricio Rodas PART IV CROSS-CUTTING PERSPECTIVES ON CITIES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 25 An international relations perspective 321 Simon Curtis 26 Urbanizing political concepts for analyzing politics in the city 329 Nir Barak and Avner de Shalit 27 Cities as democratic representatives in international law-making 341 Samantha Besson and José Luis Martí 28 Cities, the Anthropocene and earth system law 354 Louis J. Kotzé 29 City networks and the glocalization of urban governance 368 Sheila R. Foster and Chrystie Swiney 30 The relationship between the state and the city from a comparative (constitutional) perspective 381 Geneviève Cartier 31 How domestic legal systems respond to international local government law: between accommodation, resistance and transformation 398 Carlo M. Colombo and Martijn L.P. Groenleer 32 Global administrative law and cities: the perfect couple that never was 411 Edouard Fromageau 33 Inter-legality, cities and the changing nature of authority 419 Jan Klabbers 34 International lawyers and the city 430 Daniel Litwin 35 The hidden city in international legal thought 443 Karen Knop Appendix 457 Helmut Aust and Janne E. Nijman Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Urban Now
Book SynopsisDrawing upon over a quarter of a centuryâs worth of research, The Urban Now illuminates our present urban condition. John Rennie Short captures the main features of this moment of urban significance, investigating the city as a crucial arena strategically located between global flows and national surfaces.Trade Review‘The Urban Now is a brilliant synthesis of John Rennie Short’s recent work that covers the gambit of topics like globalization, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the informal economy while weaving in wonderful chapters to connect our daily experiences of the city in all its magic and its dangers. This book, just one of Short’s latest greatest hits, is a journey through, for example, the urban imaginary of the Weimar Bauhaus project, the resilience of informal communities in different cities, the perils of traffic and, in contrast, the joy of walking the city. Despite the various crises and problems discussed in the book, it is remarkably positive and, writing with characteristic clarity and buoyancy, Short demonstrates yet again his wonderful ability to make what can be complicated, accessible and a joy to read.’ -- Bernadette Hanlon, Ohio State University, US‘The Urban Now presents a panoramic view of critical issues facing the urban planet, ranging from sprawl and pandemics to climate change and social inclusion. The book is a masterful examination of how to build a good city and why it matters.’ -- Xuefei Ren, Michigan State University, US‘A leading scholar and public intellectual of contemporary urbanism, John Rennie Short presents a tour de force in his treatise The Urban Now. This riveting and engaging book is essential reading for anyone who cares about the urban moment that we live in, reckoning with the future of cities and humanity. Scholars and students alike will benefit from Short’s astute and prescient observations of urban globalism for generations to come.’ -- Thomas J. Vicino, Northeastern University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 The urban moment PART I URBAN IMAGINARIES 2 Imaginaries of the urban now 3 Imaginaries of City and Nature 4 Suburban imaginaries 5 The legacy of the Weimar Bauhaus for the urban now PART II GLOBALIZATIONS AND THE CITY 6 Globalization and its discontents 7 Global cities 8 From global cities to gateway cities 9 City marketing in an era of globalization 10 Urban mega-events and globalization 11 The second Gilded Age 12 The new middle class in the global South PART III CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CITY 13 Cities and climate change 14 Cities in a time of rapid climate change 15 A perfect storm: climate change and network failure 16 Fire at the urban‒wilderness interface PART IV COVID-19 AND THE CITY 17 The city in the time of COVID-19 18 Traffic in the postpandemic city 19 The informal economy in the postpandemic city 20 The convivial city PART V CITIES AND TRAFFIC 21 No accident: traffic in the modern city 22 Dangerous cities 23 Unwilling to pay 24 Congestion pricing 25 The silent epidemic on wheels PART VI CITIES OF THE URBAN NOW 26 The liquid city of Megalopolis 27 The creative postcolonial city 28 Reimagined city: Syracuse, New York 29 Informal city: Cali, Colombia 30 Informal cities: Nigeria PART VII LIFE IN THE URBAN NOW 31 The age of distraction in the city 32 Social inclusion in the city 33 Does the city make you fat? 34 Security and safety in the city 35 Walking in the city A very brief guide to further reading References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Urban Tourism
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Cities should be able to cater to travel-starved citizens of the world aching to spend their savings as soon as the Covid-19 travel bans are lifted. But how to do that without falling back into the trap of overtourism? The answers can be found in this collection of highly informative readings. They carefully balance theoretical and practical deliberations, providing an international comparative perspective based on numerous good and bad practices from the past. These should serve both as food for thought and inspiration for tomorrow, for academic researchers and practitioners alike.’ -- Irena Ograjenšek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia‘This book stands out in what is a rapidly growing field by balancing the two main discourses in urban tourism in recent decades: the opportunity for economic and social development vs. the devastating forces of overtourism for urban economies and societies. This edited collection gives us the state of the art academic and policy points of view on the future of tourism in cities.’ -- Noam Shoval, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel‘This book gives an impressive analysis of the state of the art of urban tourism in different parts of the world. It shows that many cities are at a critical juncture where the social costs of tourism tend to outweigh the social benefits, creating the need for a new, more sustainable business model for urban tourism. Through a challenging research agenda Jan van der Borg presents -- the fundamentals for such a business model. This is a must read for those interested in understanding the future of urban tourism.’– Leo van den Berg, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiii 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Urban Tourism 1 Jan van der Borg PART I URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT 2 Urban tourism: major trends 19 Bozana Zekan and Karl Wöber 3 Urban tourism as a special type of cultural tourism 33 Greg Richards PART II URBAN TOURISM IN AN INTERNATIONAL, COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 4 Smart governance in historic urban destinations - evidence from Croatia 55 Lidija Petrić and Ante Mandić 5 Understanding community perception through resident attitude studies: a segmentation analysis in Flemish art cities 85 Bart Neuts and Vincent Nijs 6 Tourism in Venice: mapping overtourism and exploring solutions 109 Nicola Camatti and Dario Bertocchi 7 The Rotterdam way: a new take on urban tourism management 129 Shirley Nieuwland, Ewout Versloot and Egbert van der Zee 8 New urban developments in a heritage area. A case study of Skeppsholmsviken 6 in Stockholm, Sweden 145 Anna-Paula Jonsson and Tigran Haas 9 Urban tourism development in Africa: evidence from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 179 Getaneh Addis Tessema and Ephrem Assefa Haile 10 Municipal advancement and tourism policy in the United States: economic development and urban restructuring 203 Costas Spirou 11 Comparative study on Chinese cities as international tourism destinations 221 Xiang Feng, Ben Derudder and Hai Xia Zhou PART III SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN CITIES 12 Overtourism – identifying the underlying causes and tensions in European tourism destinations 245 Ko Koens and Jeroen Klijs 13 Is another tourism possible? Shifting discourses in Barcelona’s tourism politics 261 Antonio Paolo Russo, Elsa Soro and Alessandro Scarnato 14 Post-COVID-19 urban tourism research 285 Sebastian Zenker 15 Towards A Research Agenda for Urban Tourism. A synthesis 299 Jan van der Borg Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Urban Violence Resilience and Security
Book SynopsisWritten in a comprehensive yet accessible style, Urban Violence, Resilience and Security investigates the diverse nature of urban violence within Latin America, Asia and Africa. It further analyzes how regular and irregular governing mechanisms can provide human security, despite the presence of chronic violence.Trade Review‘Urban Violence, Resilience and Security provides a unique intervention in the study of urban violence in the Global South. Challenging conventional accounts of urban violence modeled after cities in the Global North, contributors provide theoretically sophisticated and empirically-grounded case studies to highlight the myriad and geographically contingent forms of resilience and resistance. A must-read for scholars concerned with the urban condition of life and death in the Global South.’ -- James Tyner, Kent State University, Ohio, US‘Urbanization is one of the most significant mega-trends of the modern era. It is also one of the most profoundly misunderstood. This knowledge gap is explored by Michael Glass, Taylor Seybolt and Phil Williams who examine the multiple causes, consequences and characteristics of global urban transformation. In their sweeping edited volume, contributors reflect on how the history, politics and economics of urbanization influences (and is influenced by) urban violence. A series of vivid case studies of under-studied cities from Africa, Asia and the Americas also reveal the complex relationships between urbanization, insecurity and resilience.’ -- Robert Muggah, co-founder of the Igarape Institute and SecDev Group, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xi Ariel C. Armony Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction to Urban Violence, Resilience and Security 1 Michael R. Glass, Taylor B. Seybolt and Phil Williams PART I CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO URBAN VIOLENCE, RESILIENCE AND SECURITY 2 Urban violence in the Global South: drug traffickers, gangs, and organized crime 21 Phil Williams 3 Urban resilience for the 21st century 39 Savannah Cox 4 Urban governance in conflict zones: contentious politics, not “resilience” 53 Daniel E. Esser 5 Building effective and acceptable security-driven urban resilience 72 Jon Coaffee 6 Fragility and pernicious resilience in urban Latin America and the Caribbean 88 Enrique Desmond Arias PART II DIMENSIONS OF URBAN VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH 7 Feral cities and the normative dimension of violence: Caracas and the Latin American city 101 Roberto Briceño-León 8 Xenophobic violence, displacement, and reintegration: a case study of female migrants in Isipingo, Durban, South Africa 120 Kim Gounder and Brij Maharaj 9 Shoot first, ask later: violence and anti-crime policies in Mexico’s Cuidad Juárez and Pakistan’s Karachi 138 Vanda Felbab-Brown 10 Strain between two worlds: a sociological approach to the rise and fall of crime and violence in Guatemala City 160 Daniel Núñez 11 Criminal victimization and social resilience in Latin America 177 Eduardo Moncada Index 193
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Participatory Action Research and
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘The authors in this illuminating volume represent a diverse array of places, positions, and participatory initiatives. Their thoughtful analyses of their specific contexts and approaches to knowledge production and community change offer rich theoretical insights and examples that will be useful to students, faculty, and practitioners interested in collaborative research and action.’ -- Julie L. Plaut, Brown University, US‘By combining PAR and Community Development, the editors frame each article’s commitment to praxis for social change within the radical traditions of global south educators and activists such as Friere, Fals Borda, and Rahman. The various cases range from rural to urban, national to global, and cover issues from health and the environment to homelessness and community planning. For anyone studying or implementing community-based collaborations for research and action projects, this book offers a treasure trove of innovative case studies and inspirational possibilities. For anyone, like me, who still holds fast to the potential of engaged research for social justice, even in the face of neoliberal universities hell-bent on sucking the life blood out of faculty and students in search of a more just and humane world, this book is a lifeline.’ -- Corey Dolgon, Stonehill College, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: reflecting upon the development of participatory action research and community development efforts 1 Randy Stoecker and Adrienne Falcón PART I STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR INTEGRATING PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2 Flipping the script: community-initiated urban research with the Liberal Arts Action Lab 23 Megan Brown, Jack Dougherty, and Jeff Partridge 3 Toward a community development science shop model: insights from Peterborough, Haliburton and the Kawartha Lakes 43 Randy Stoecker, Todd Barr, and Mark Skinner 4 Elevating community voices 60 Jenice Meyer and Katelyn Baumann 5 Sociocultural intervention as a resource for social transformation in Cuban communities of the twenty-first century 80 Manuel Martínez Casanova and Adrienne Falcón PART II ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES 6 Community organizing for environmental change: integrating research in support of organized actions 99 Dadit G. Hidayat and Molly Schwebach 7 The birth of a community of practice in Québec to support community organizations leading participatory action research as a tool for community development: what it teaches us 118 Lucie Gélineau, Sophie Dupéré, Marie-Jade Gagnon, Lyne Gilbert, Isabel Bernier, Nicole Bouchard, Julie Richard, and Marie-Hélène Deshaies 8 The centrality of storytelling at the nexus of academia and community organizing in rural Kentucky 139 Nicole Breazeale, Dana Beasley-Brown, Samantha Johnson, and Alexa Hatcher PART III BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS 9 Putting theory into practice: leveraging community-based research to achieve community-based outcomes in DeLand, Florida 160 Maxwell Droznin, Kelsey Maglio, Asal M. Johnson, Cristian Cuevas, and Shilretha Dixon 10 From mission to praxis in neighborhood work: lessons learned from a three-year faculty/community development initiative 180 Laura L. O’Toole, Nancy E. Gordon, and Jessica L. Walsh 11 Early childhood wellness through asset-based community development: a participatory evaluation of Communities Acting for Kids’ Empowerment 200 Farrah Jacquez, Michael Topmiller, Jamie-Lee Morris, Alexander Shelton, Cynthia Wooten, Lakisha A. Best, Alan Dicken, Monica Arenas-Losacker, Giovanna Alvarez, Crystal Davis, and Shanah Cole 12 The complexities of participatory action research: a community development project in Bangladesh 218 Larry Stillman, Misita Anwar, Gillian Oliver, Viviane Frings-Hessami, Anindita Sarker, and Nova Ahmed PART IV GROWING YOUTH POWER 13 Youth participatory action research as an approach to developing community-level responses to youth homelessness in the United States: learning from Advocates for Richmond Youth 239 M. Alex Wagaman, Kimberly S. Compton, Tiffany S. Haynes, Jae Lange, Elaine G. Williams, and Rae Caballero Obejero 14 Volunteerism as a vehicle for civil society development in Ukraine: a community-based project to develop youth volunteerism in a Ukrainian community 259 Danielle Stevens, Tetiana Kidruk, and Oleh Petrus 15 Design your neighborhood: the evolution of a city-wide urban design learning initiative in Nashville, Tennessee 281 Kathryn Y. Morgan, Brian D. Christens, and Melody Gibson PART V RESPONDING TO CRISIS 16 Rethinking participatory development in the context of a strong state 302 Ming Hu 17 Tracing power from within: learning from participatory action research and community development projects in food systems during the COVID-19 pandemic 321 Laura Jessee Livingston 18 The information and knowledge landscapes of mutual aid: how librarians can use participatory action research to support social movements in community development 341 Alessandra Seiter PART VI EXPANDING OUR THINKING 19 Be and build the city: an experience of sociopraxis in Cuenca, Ecuador 359 Ana Elisa Astudillo and Ana Cecilia Salazar 20 Leading with locally produced knowledge: development in Jemna, Tunisia 379 Ihsan Mejdi and Celeste Koppe 21 Relationship as resistance: partnership and vivencia in participatory action research 394 José Wellington Sousa 22 Re-storying participatory action research: a narrative approach to challenging epistemic violence in community development 415 Daniel Bryan and Chelsea Viteri Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Urban Social Policies
Book SynopsisThe importance of subnational welfare measures, and their complexembeddedness in wider multilevel governance systems, has often been underplayed in both urban studies and social policy analysis. This Handbook gives readers the analytical tools to understand urban social policies in context, and bridges the gap in research.Trade Review‘Urban contexts have been major sites for the emergence of new social risks and the reconfiguration of welfare in terms of actors, governance and modes of provision. This impressive Handbook elucidates ongoing transformations, through a collection of up-to-date analyses and a path breaking dialogue between different disciplinary perspectives.’ -- Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan, Italy‘The rich contributions of this book offer a complex view of the dynamics which shape local social policies, in the interaction between context specificity, diversity ad multiplicity of actors, national and international regulations. The multidisciplinary approach and its implementation on an ample range of context and time specific cases integrates and goes beyond literatures that have developed in isolation from each other, opening new avenues for research.’ -- Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy‘Emphasizing the territorial nature of social policy and the key role of cities for social inclusion, this Handbook contributes directly to the field of comparative social policy studies. Gathering excellent contributors, it is an indispensable reference volume for students of multilevel governance and local social policy.’ -- Daniel Béland, McGill University, Canada‘It has long been assumed that social welfare is, and should be, a matter for the centralized nation-state. Yet, as this collection shows, the restructuring of welfare and rescaling of social, economic and political life have created both new forms of inequality and new policies to address them. Problems have been redefined, power dynamics have shifted and policy-making systems transformed to create place-specific welfare compromises. The book charts the broad trends to centralisation and decentralisation in social policies while providing contextual analysis of their varied impact in different places.’ -- Michael Keating, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Aberdeen, UK‘This terrific volume gives voice to leading European thinkers in conversation with peers from the U.S., Southern Africa, Brazil, China, and Japan about building on the crucial insight that social welfare policies vary as much within national systems as across them. Even in centralized systems, urban delivery practices put a strong stamp on the deployment of social policy instruments and their impact on place-based constituencies. The authors show that the centralization–decentralization dynamic is central to understanding how welfare states function and that transcending its discontents will be central to protecting the vulnerable from new social risks. The product of years of collaboration, this Handbook sets the agenda for future thinking about social policy in our precarious urban worlds.’ -- John Mollenkopf, City University of New York, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Urban Social Policies: International Perspectives on Multilevel Governance and Local Welfare 2 Yuri Kazepov, Eduardo Barberis, Roberta Cucca and Elisabetta Mocca PART I LOCALIZING RISK AND VULNERABILITY 2 Localizing New Social Risks 24 Costanzo Ranci and Lara Maestripieri 3 Territorial Welfare Governance Changes: Concepts and Explanatory Factors 39 Eloísa del Pino, Luis Moreno and Jorge Hernández-Moreno 4 The Territorial Dimension of Social Investment in Europe 55 Yuri Kazepov and Ruggero Cefalo 5 Urban Social Innovation and the European City: Assessing the Changing Urban Welfare Mix and Its Scalar Articulation 72 Stijn Oosterlynck and Tatiana Saruis 6 Citizenship Practices and Co-Production of Local Social Policies in Southern Europe 85 Ana Belén Cano-Hila, Marc Pradel-Miquel and Marisol García 7 The Transformation of the Local Welfare System in European Cities 101 Alberta Andreotti, Enzo Mingione and Emanuele Polizzi PART II THE LOCAL DIMENSION OF TARGETED SOCIAL POLICIES 8 Care as Multi-Scalar Policy: ECEC and LTC Services across Europe 117 Marco Arlotti and Stefania Sabatinelli 9 Poverty and Multi-Layered Social Assistance in Europe 134 Sarah Marchal and Bea Cantillon 10 Institutional Logics of Service Provision: The National and Urban Governance of Activation Policies in Three European Countries 152 Vanesa Fuertes, Martin Heidenreich and Ronald McQuaid 11 The Local Dimension of Housing Policies 170 Christoph Reinprecht 12 Migration Policies at the Local Level: Constraints and Windows of Opportunities in a Contentious Field 187 Eduardo Barberis and Alba Angelucci 13 Segregation, Neighbourhood Effects and Social Mix Policies 204 Sako Musterd 14 Local segregation patterns and multilevel education policies 219 Willem Boterman and Isabel Ramos Lobato PART III THE INSTRUMENTS OF LOCAL SOCIAL POLICIES 15 Local Governance and Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Ground Floor of Social Policy 235 Peter Hupe and Trui Steen 16 National-Regional-Local Shifting Games in Multi-Tiered Welfare States 250 Giuliano Bonoli and Philipp Trein 17 Social Work and Community Work 266 Stefan Köngeter and Christian Reutlinger 18 New Public Management-Inspired Public Sector Reforms and Evaluation: Long-Term Care Provisions in European Countries 281 Hellmut Wollmann 19 Public Participation and Social Policies in Contemporary Cities 296 Roberta Cucca 20 Territorial Effects of EU Policies: Which Social Outcomes at the Local Level? 308 Iván Tosics and Laura Colini PART IV EXAMPLES OF URBAN SOCIAL POLICIES AROUND THE WORLD 21 Soziale Stadt (Social City) 325 Simon Güntner 22 The Rescaling of Social Policies in the Post-Yugoslav Space: Welfare Parallelism and Local State Capture 337 Paul Stubbs and Siniša Zrinščak 23 States of Welfare: Decentralization and Its Consequences in US Social Policy 352 Sarah K. Bruch and Colin Gordon 24 Urban Social Protection in Southern Africa 369 Jeremy Seekings 25 Social Policies and Security in Favelas and Urban Peripheries of Brazilian Cities 384 Eduardo Marques and Marta Arretche 26 Innovative (Local) Social Policies in China 399 Daniel R. Hammond 27 Urban and Local Social Policies in the Nordic Countries 415 Håkan Johansson 28 The Challenges of Activation Policies in Japan and Their Local Dimension 430 Miki Tsutsui and Shuhei Naka Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cities in Relations
Book SynopsisCities in Relations advances a novel way of thinking about urban transformation by focusing on transnational relations in the least developed countries. Examines the last 20 years of urban development in Hanoi, Vietnam, and inOuagadougou, Burkina Faso Considers the ways in which a city's relationships with other places influences its urban development Provides fresh ideas for comparative urban studies that move beyond discussions of economic and policy factors Offers aclear and concise narrative accompanied by more than 45 photos and maps Trade Review“This would be especially valuable in continuing the study of urban developments in the post-communist environment.” (Geographica Helvetica, 1 May 2015)Table of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Tables x Acronyms xi Series Editors’ Preface xiii Preface and Acknowledgements xiv 1 Comparing Cities in Relations 1 Relating Hanoi, Ouagadougou … and Palermo 4 A Brief Introduction to Two Distant Cousins 5 World-city Research Beyond the West 9 Relational Geographies 12 Comparing Cities 17 The Structure of the Book 26 2 Trajectories of Urban Change in Two Ordinary Cities 31 Regime Change in Hanoi and Ouagadougou 33 Forms of Relatedness 42 Conclusion 55 3 Transnational Policy Relations 60 Mobile Planners and City Networks 63 Concrete and Paper in Hanoi’s Urban Development 64 Ouagadougou’s Competing Worlds of Policy Relations 76 Conclusion 87 4 Public Space Policies on the Move 92 A Repertoire of Translocal Connections 94 Public Space: Understandings, Practices and Things 97 Translocal Connections and Public Space Policy in the Making 103 The Politics of Translocal Connections 108 Traveling Participation and Public Space Design 110 Conclusion 116 5 Connecting to Circuits of Architectural Design 120 Stretched Geographies of Design 121 Circuits of Architectural Design in Hanoi and Ouagadougou 123 Hanoi: Design Spaces of an Emerging Economy 125 Ouagadougou: Architectures of Development 131 Grounding Design 136 Conclusion: Transnational Learning Processes and “Banal” Nationalism 140 6 On Road Interchanges and Shopping Malls: What Traveling Types Do 145 Modernization as Morality and Power 147 Modernization Through Ouagadougou’s Built Environment 150 Staging New Social Identities in Hanoi’s Shopping Malls 159 Conclusion 166 Conclusion: For a Politics of Urban Relatedness 171 Comparing Processes, Worlds of Relations, and Relational Effects 172 The Evolving Relational Worlds of Cities 175 An Assets-based Politics of Relatedness 178 References 181 Index 196
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Metropolitan Preoccupations
Book SynopsisIn this, the first book-length study of the cultural and political geography of squatting in Berlin, Alexander Vasudevan links the everyday practices of squatters in the city to wider and enduring questions about the relationship between space, culture, and protest. Focuses on the everyday and makeshift practices of squatters in their attempt to exist beyond dominant power relations and redefine what it means to live in the city Offers a fresh critical perspective that builds on recent debates about the right to the city and the role of grassroots activism in the making of alternative urbanisms Examines the implications of urban squatting for how we think, research and inhabit the city as a site of radical social transformation Challenges existing scholarship on the New Left in Germany by developing a critical geographical reading of the anti-authoritarian revolt and the complex geographies of connection and solidarity that emerged in itTable of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii List of Figures ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction: Making Radical Urban Politics 1 2 Crisis and Critique 27 3 Resistance and Autonomy 53 4 Antagonism and Repair 86 5 Separation and Renewal 133 6 Capture and Experimentation 164 7 Conclusion: “Der Kampf geht weiter” 196 References 209 Index 231
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Metropolitan Preoccupations The Spatial Politics
Book SynopsisIn this, the first book-length study of the cultural and political geography of squatting in Berlin, Alexander Vasudevan links the everyday practices of squatters in the city to wider and enduring questions about the relationship between space, culture, and protest.Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii List of Figures ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction: Making Radical Urban Politics 1 2 Crisis and Critique 27 3 Resistance and Autonomy 53 4 Antagonism and Repair 86 5 Separation and Renewal 133 6 Capture and Experimentation 164 7 Conclusion: “Der Kampf geht weiter” 196 References 209 Index 231
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cities and Social Movements
Book SynopsisThrough historical and comparative research on the immigrant rights movements of the United States, France and the Netherlands, Cities and Social Movements examines how small resistances against restrictive immigration policies do or don't develop into large and sustained mobilizations. Presents a comprehensive, comparative analysis of immigrant rights politics in three countries over a period of five decades, providing vivid accounts of the processes through which immigrants activists challenged or confirmed the status quo Theorizes movements from the bottom-up, presenting an urban grassroots account in order to identify how movement networks emerge or fall apart Provides a unique contribution by examining how geography is implicated in the evolution of social movements, discovering how and why the networks constituting movements grow by tracing where they develop Demonstrates how efforts to enforce national borders trigger countlessTable of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface ix Acknowledgments x 1 Sparks of Resistance 1 2 Rethinking Movements from the Bottom Up 13 Part I The Birth of Immigrant Rights Activism 37 3 Making Space for Immigrant Rights Activism in Los Angeles 39 4 Radical Entanglements in Paris 54 5 Placing Protest in Amsterdam 71 Part II Urban Landscapes of Control and Contention 89 6 The Laissez]Faire State: Re]politicizing Immigrants in Los Angeles 91 7 The Uneven Reach of the State: The Partial Pacification of Paris 116 8 The Cooptative State: The Pacification of Contentious Immigrant Politics in Amsterdam 138 Part III New Geographies of Immigrant Rights Movements 157 9 Los Angeles as a Center of the National Immigrant Rights Movement 161 10 Paris as Head of Splintering Resistances 188 11 Divergent Geographies of Immigrant Rights Contention in the Netherlands 209 12 Conclusion: Sparks into Wildfires 227 Notes 239 References 245 Index 262
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Spiritual City
Book SynopsisA Spiritual City provides a broad examination of the meaning and importance of cities from a Christian perspective. Contains thought-provoking theological and spiritual reflections on city-making by a leading scholar Unites contemporary thinking about urban space and built environments with the latest in urban theology Addresses the long-standing anti-urban bias of Christianity and its emphasis on inwardness and pilgrimage Presents an important religious perspective on the potential of cities to create a strong human community and sense of sacred space Trade Review“This book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of cities — and that ought to be pretty much everyone, given that well over half the world’s population now lives in cites, up from 29 per cent in 1950. In any event, Revelation makes it clear that if we don’t live in one now, we shall, God willing.” (Church Times, 27 March 2015)Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 Part One The City in Christian Thought 23 1 Augustine’s Two Cities 25 2 Monasticism and Utopian Visions 43 3 The City as Sacred 63 4 The City and the Reformations 81 5 Michel de Certeau: Everyday Practices and the City 99 Part Two Theological Reflection and the City 115 6 Place and the Sacred 117 7 The Art of Community 137 8 Reconciliation and Hospitality 157 9 Urban Virtues 179 Epilogue: A Spiritual Vision of the Human City 201 Select Reading 211 Index 221
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Responsive City
Book SynopsisLeveraging Big Data and 21st century technology to renew cities and citizenship in America The Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement and governance in the digital age that will help leaders link important breakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessons of small-group community input to create more agile, competitive, and economically resilient cities. Featuring vivid case studies highlighting the work of pioneers in New York, Boston, Chicago and more, the book provides a compelling model for the future of governance. The book will help mayors, chief technology officers, city administrators, agency directors, civic groups and nonprofit leaders break out of current paradigms to collectively address civic problems. The Responsive City is the culmination of research originating from the Data-Smart City Solutions initiative, an ongoing project at Harvard Kennedy School working to catalyze adoption of data projects on the city level. The Table of ContentsForeword by Michael Bloomberg v Introduction 1 1 The Return of Retail Governance 17 2 Networked Citizenship 37 3 The Interactive City 55 4 The City as Digital Platform 73 5 The Responsive Employee 95 6 The Data-Smart City 119 7 Rethinking Government 139 8 Toward Responsive Cities 157 Notes 179 Acknowledgments 183 About the Authors 185 Index 187
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Historic Urban Landscape
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the intellectual developments in urban conservation. The authors offer unique insights from UNESCO''s World Heritage Centre and the book is richly illustrated with colour photographs. Examples are drawn from urban heritage sites worldwide from Timbuktu to Liverpool to demonstrate key issues and best practice in urban conservation today. The book offers an invaluable resource for architects, planners, surveyors and engineers worldwide working in heritage conservation, as well as for local authority conservation officers and managers of heritage sites.Table of ContentsPreface: A new approach to urban conservation vii Acknowledgements xxi Abbreviations and Acronyms xxiii 1. Urban Conservation: Short History of a Modern Idea 1 The Origins of Urban Conservation: Between Engineering and Romanticism 1 The Historic City as Heritage 10 Fracture: the Modern Movement versus the Historic City 15 Out of Modernism: New Approaches to Urban Conservation 23 2. Urban Conservation as International Public Policy 37 Urban Conservation Policies after the Second World War 37 Urban Conservation in International Charters and Standard-Setting Instruments 39 Regional Charters 50 Rethinking Urban Conservation 61 Towards a New Urban Conservation Paradigm 65 The Historic Urban Landscape Approach 72 3. The Changing Context of Urban Heritage Management 75 Introducing External and Internal Forces of Change 75 Exponential Increase in Urbanisation on a Global Scale 76 Environmental Concerns and the Sustainability of Urban Development 81 The Impact of Climate Change 89 The Changing Role of Cities as Drivers of Development 93 The Emergence of the Tourism Industry 99 Broadening Perceptions and Urban Heritage Values 105 The Management of Change 108 4. New Actors and Approaches to Urban Heritage Management 113 The Contemporary Context of Urban Heritage Management 113 The Emergence of a New Urban Strategy 114 Urban Strategies of International Institutions 134 5. Expanding the Toolkit for Management of the Urban Environment 143 Urban Heritage Management: Actors and Tools 143 Regulatory Systems 145 Community Engagement Tools 154 Technical Tools 159 Financial Tools 171 6. The Historic Urban Landscape: Preserving Heritage in an Urban Century 175 The Historic City Meets Globalisation 175 The Contemporary Reflection on the City 182 Integrating Heritage Conservation and Urban Development 186 Historic Urban Landscape: a Tool for the Management of Change 188 Epilogue 191 Annex 1. Note on the Development of the Historic Urban Landscape Approach 195 Annex 2. The 2005 Vienna Memorandum 203 Annex 3. The UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape 209 Bibliography 217 Index 229
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Care and Design
Book SynopsisCare and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Citiesconnects the study of design with care, and explores how concepts of care may have relevance for the ways in which urban environments are designed. It explores how practices and spaces of care are sustained specifically in urban settings, thereby throwing light on an important arena of care that current work has rarely discussed in detail.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ixPreface xiii 1 Designing with Care and Caring with Design 1 Rob Imrie and Kim Kullman 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Care as a concept and practice 3 1.3 The problem of ‘good urban form’ 6 1.4 The collection 10 References 15 2 Age‐inclusive Design: A Challenge for Kitchen Living? 18 Sheila Peace 2.1 Introduction 18 2.2 The interface between age and care 18 2.3 The position of design 22 2.4 Environment and ageing 23 2.5 Learning from the NDA programme 24 2.6 Re‐designing the kitchen 25 2.7 Conclusion: the relationship between care and design 31 References 32 3 Curating Space, Choreographing Care: The Efficacy of the Everyday 37 Daryl Martin 3.1 Introduction 37 3.2 Maggie’s: care by design 39 3.3 The accommodation of the everyday 42 3.4 Working the table 45 3.5 Familiarity bonds and the communal encounter 49 3.6 Conclusion: hospitality, generosity and the practice of care 51 Acknowledgements 53 References 53 4 ‘I Don’t Care About Places’: The Whereabouts of Design in Mental Health Care 56 Ola Söderström 4.1 Introduction 56 4.2 The design/care nexus 57 4.3 Spaces of design/geographies of mental illness 59 4.4 Everyday urban geographies of mental health 61 4.5 Designing landscapes of mental health care 68 References 70 5 The Sensory City: Autism, Design and Care 74 Joyce Davidson and Victoria L. Henderson 5.1 Introduction 74 5.2 Methodology and meaning 78 5.3 Global sensory themes: connections, confusions and pressures to conform 79 5.4 Coming to our senses: pragmatic considerations 81 5.5 Making space for autism: discussion and recommendations 85 5.6 Closing thoughts: on being open to embodiments of autistic sensory difference 88 References 91 6 Configuring the Caring City: Ownership, Healing, Openness 95 Charlotte Bates, Rob Imrie and Kim Kullman 6.1 Introduction 95 6.2 Ownership 98 6.3 Healing 103 6.4 Openness 108 6.5 Conclusion 113 Acknowledgements 114 References 114 7 ‘Looking after Things’: Caring for Sites of Trauma in Post‐Earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand 116 Jacky Bowring 7.1 Introduction 116 7.2 Wounding 121 7.3 Dwelling 122 7.4 Fragility 123 7.5 Empathy 125 7.6 ‘Treatment’ 129 7.7 Re‐wounding? 134 Acknowledgements 135 References 135 8 Empathy, Design and Care – Intention, Knowledge and Intuition: The Example of Alvar Aalto 138 Juhani Pallasmaa 8.1 Preamble 138 8.2 The flesh of the world 140 8.3 Empathy in design 140 8.4 Architecture as a medical instrument 142 8.5 The acts of identification and homecoming 145 8.6 The promise of beauty 145 8.7 Synthetic design 146 8.8 Art and evidence‐based design 148 8.9 The power of intuition 150 8.10 The loss of empathic wisdom 152 References 153 9 Architecture, Place and the ‘Care‐Full’ Design of Everyday Life 155 Jos Boys 9.1 Introduction 155 9.2 What counts as care in architectural education and practice? 156 9.3 The care‐full design of place 160 9.4 Re‐imagining caring in architectural and urban design 164 9.5 Caring differently? 165 9.6 Conclusion: from places to practices? 174 References 175 10 Ageing, Care and the Practice of Urban Curating 178 Sophie Handler 10.1 Introduction 178 10.2 ‘Urban curating’ and the spatialised practice of care 179 10.3 ‘Making space for older age’ 181 10.4 Other stories on growing old 183 10.5 Acting ‘otherhow’: extending duties of care 186 10.6 A vocabulary of caring labours 189 10.7 Subverting the ‘hierarchy of needs’ 191 10.8 Conclusion: adopting the language of care 194 References 196 11 Caring through Design?: En torno a la silla and the ‘Joint Problem‐Making’ of Technical Aids 198 Tomás Sánchez Criado and Israel Rodríguez‐Giralt 11.1 Introduction: the issue of technical aids in post‐austerity Spain 198 11.2 An open‐source wheelchair kit: expanding the relationship between people in wheelchairs and their social and urban environments 201 11.3 Opening up space for a briefcase, unleashing the wheelchair’s possibilities 204 11.4 Radicalising design through small object interventions: care as ‘joint problem‐making’? 211 11.5 Concluding remarks: ‘joint problem‐ making’ as a careful design mode in post‐austerity times? 215 Acknowledgements 216 References 216 12 Design and the Art of Care: Engaging the More than Human and Less than Inhuman 219 Michael Schillmeier 12.1 Introduction 219 12.2 Re‐design as artful contrast 219 12.3 Evoking mess 220 12.4 Social wellbeing 222 12.5 The art of rift‐design 224 12.6 Design, care and temporality 225 12.7 Design, care and spatiality 225 12.8 Caring about and resisting the habitual 226 12.9 More than human and less than inhuman 227 12.10 The ‘more than human’ of ideas 228 12.11 Less than inhuman 229 12.12 Design as care 232 References 234 Afterword: Caring Urban Futures 236 Charlotte Bates and Kim Kullman Index 241
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Urban Water Security
Book SynopsisIn the 21st Century, the world will see an unprecedented migration of people moving from rural to urban areas. With global demand for water projected to outstrip supply in the coming decades, cities will likely face water insecurity as a result of climate change and the various impacts of urbanisation. Traditionally, urban water managers have relied on large-scale, supply-side infrastructural projects to meet increased demands for water; however, these projects are environmentally, economically and politically costly. Urban Water Security argues that cities need to transition from supply-side to demand-side management to achieve urban water security. This book provides readers with a series of in-depth case studies of leading developed cities, of differing climates, incomes and lifestyles from around the world, that have used demand management tools to modify the attitudes and behaviour of water users in an attempt to achieve urban water security. Urban Water Security will be of parTable of ContentsSeries Editor Foreword – Challenges in Water Management xvii Acknowledgements xix Introduction 1 1 Water 101 5 Introduction 5 1.1 What is water? 5 1.2 Hydrological cycle 6 1.3 Natural variations to water quantity 11 1.4 Natural variations to water quality 14 1.5 Impacts of urbanisation on water resources 17 1.6 Water and wastewater treatment processes 20 Notes 22 2 What is urban water security? 25 Introduction 25 2.1 Non]climatic challenges to achieving urban water security 26 2.2 Climatic challenges to achieving urban water security 30 2.3 Reducing non]climatic and climatic risks to urban water security 32 Notes 34 3 Managing water sustainably to achieve urban water security 37 Introduction 37 3.1 What is sustainability? 37 3.2 What does sustainability mean in urban water management? 42 3.3 Sustainable water resources management frameworks 45 3.4 Framework for managing urban water sustainably: Integrated urban water management 49 3.5 Other frameworks for managing urban water sustainably 52 Notes 53 4 Demand management to achieve urban water security 60 Introduction 60 4.1 Purpose of demand management 60 4.2 Regulatory and technological demand management instruments 62 4.3 Communication and information demand management instruments 75 4.4. Portfolio of demand management tools 78 Notes 79 5 Transitions 86 Introduction 86 5.1 What is a transition? 86 5.2 Operationalisation of transitions 91 5.3 Diffusion mechanisms 93 5.4 Transition management 95 Notes 97 6 Transitions towards managing natural resources and water 105 Introduction 105 6.1 Transitions in natural resource management 106 6.2 What is a transition in urban water management? 109 6.3 Operationalising transitions in third]order scarcity 112 6.4 Barriers to transitions towards urban water security 115 Notes 121 7 Amsterdam transitioning towards urban water security 136 Introduction 136 7.1 Brief company background 136 7.2 Water supply and water consumption 137 7.3 Strategic vision: Amsterdam’s Definitely Sustainable 2011–2014 138 7.4 Drivers of water security 138 7.5 Regulatory and technological demand management tools to achieve urban water security 141 7.6 Communication and information demand management tools to achieve urban water security 144 7.7 Case study SWOT analysis 146 7.8 Transitioning towards urban water security summary 149 Notes 150 8 Berlin transitioning towards urban water security 151 Introduction 151 8.1 Brief company background 151 8.2 Water supply and water consumption 152 8.3 Strategic vision: Using water wisely 153 8.4 Drivers of water security 153 8.5 Regulatory and technological demand management tools to achieve urban water security 155 8.6 Communication and information demand management tools to achieve urban water security 159 8.7 Case study SWOT analysis 160 8.8 Transitioning towards urban water security summary 163 Notes 164 9 Copenhagen transitioning towards urban water security 165 Introduction 165 9.1 Brief company background 165 9.2 Water supply and water consumption 166 9.3 Strategic vision: Water supply plan (2012–2016) 166 9.4 Drivers of water security 167 9.5 Regulatory and technological demand management tools to achieve urban water security 169 9.6 Communication and information demand management tools to achieve urban water security 174 9.7 Case study SWOT analysis 175 9.8 Transitioning towards urban water security summary 178 Notes 179 10 Denver transitioning towards urban water security 180 Introduction 180 10.1 Brief company background 180 10.2 Water supply and water consumption 181 10.3 Strategic vision: Denver Water’s 22 percent water target 183 10.4 Drivers of water security 183 10.5 Regulatory and technological demand management tools to achieve urban water security 185 10.6 Communication and information demand management tools to achieve urban water security 191 10.7 Case study SWOT analysis 194 10.8 Transitioning towards urban water security summary 196 Notes 198 11 Hamburg transitioning towards urban water security 199 Introduction 199 11.1 Brief company background 199 11.2 Water supply and water consumption 200 11.3 Strategic vision: The HAMBURG WATER Cycle 200 11.4 Drivers of water security 200 11.5 Regulatory and technological demand management tools to achieve urban water security 202 11.6 Communication and information demand management tools to achieve urban water security 206 11.7 Case study SWOT analysis 207 11.8 Transitioning towards urban water security summary 210 Note 210 12 London transitioning towards urban water security 211 Introduction 211 12.1 Brief company background 211 12.2 Water supply and water consumption 212 12.3 Strategic vision: Reducing consumption 212 12.4 Drivers of water security 212 12.5 Regulatory and technological demand management tools to achieve urban water security 213 12.6 Communication and information demand management tools to achieve urban water security 216 12.7 Case study SWOT analysis 220 12.8 Transitioning towards urban water security summary 224 Notes 224 13 Singapore transitioning towards urban water security 225 Introduction 225 13.1 Brief company background 225 13.2 Water supply and water consumption 226 13.3 Strategic vision: Balancing supply with rising demand 227 13.4 Drivers of water security 227 13.5 Regulatory and technological demand management tools to achieve urban water security 229 13.6 Communication and information demand management tools to achieve urban water security 235 13.7 Case study SWOT analysis 237 13.8 Transitioning towards urban water security summary 241 Notes 241 14 Toronto transitioning towards urban water security 242 Introduction 242 14.1 Brief company background 242 14.2 Water supply and water consumption 243 14.3 Strategic vision: Toronto’s Water Efficiency Plan 244 14.4 Drivers of water security 244 14.5 Regulatory and technological demand management tools to achieve urban water security 245 14.6 Communication and information demand management tools to achieve urban water security 250 14.7 Case study SWOT analysis 252 14.8 Transitioning towards urban water security summary 256 Notes 256 15 Vancouver transitioning towards urban water security 257 Introduction 257 15.1 Brief company background 257 15.2 Water supply and water consumption 258 15.3 Strategic vision: Clean water and lower consumption 259 15.4 Drivers of water security 260 15.5 Regulatory and technological demand management tools to achieve urban water security 261 15.6 Communication and information demand management tools to achieve urban water security 266 15.7 Case study SWOT analysis 267 15.8 Transitioning towards urban water security summary 271 Notes 271 16 Sharing the journey: Best practices and lessons learnt 272 Introduction 272 16.1 Best practices 272 16.2 Lessons learnt 276 16.3 Moving forwards 280 Conclusions 284 Index 292
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Introduction to Cities
Book SynopsisThe revised and updated second edition of Introduction to Citiesexplores why cities are such a vital part of the human experience and how they shape our everyday lives. Written in engaging and accessible terms, Introduction to Citiesexamines the study of cities through two central concepts: that cities areplaces, where people live, form communities, and establish their own identities, and that they arespaces, such as the inner city and the suburb, that offer a way to configure and shape the material world and natural environment. Introduction to Citiescovers the theory of cities from an historical perspective right through to the most recent theoretical developments. The authors offer a balanced account of life in cities and explore both positive and negative themes. In addition, the text takes a global approach, with examples ranging from Berlin and Chicago to Shanghai and Mumbai. The book is extensively illustrated witTable of ContentsList of illustrations xi List of tables xvii List of boxes xviii About the authors xx Preface to the second edition xxi Acknowledgments xxii Walk-through tour xxiv Part I The Foundations 1 1 Cities as places and spaces 2 Cities as places 5 Exploring further 1.1 8 Identity, community, and security 10 Places as the site of our identity 10 Places as the site of community 11 Places as sites of security 13 Studying the city 1.1 14 Human beings make and remake places 15 Place and space 17 Studying the city 1.2 18 Making the city better 1.1 21 Cities shape the fates of human beings 22 Cities and people 24 2 Social theories of urban space and place: The early perspectives 26 The social and theoretical roots of modern urban theory 27 Studying the city 2.1 29 Ferdinand Tönnies: Community and society 30 Georg Simmel: The metropolis and mental life 31 Tönnies and Simmel: Further reflections 33 The Chicago School of Sociology 33 The city as social space 34 The city as concentric zones 36 The city, social change, and social order 38 Studying the city 2.2 40 Life in the city as a way of life 41 Making the city better 2.1 43 Early social theories of urban life 44 3 Social theories of urban space and place: Perspectives in the post-World War II era 47 Theoretical descendants of Marx 48 Manuel Castells and the urban question 48 David Harvey: Injustice and inequality in the city 49 John Logan and Harvey Molotch: The city as a growth machine 51 Making the city better 3.1 52 Making the city better 3.2 54 Further reflections: Marx and the critique of modern cities 55 The return to place and the turn to culture 56 Jane Jacobs and the discovery of community in the modern metropolis 56 Studying the city 3.1 57 Sharon Zukin and the turn to culture 59 Exploring further 3.1 61 Going global 64 The 1980s and the creation of the global city 64 Power, politics, and ordinary lives 67 Evaluating theories of the city 68 4 Methods and rules for the study of cities 71 First rules for doing a social science of cities 73 The rule of validity 73 The rule of reliability 75 Exploring further 4.1 76 Cities and the question of numbers 78 Studying the city 4.1 79 The city as a case study 79 The city as the typical case 81 The city as a prototypical case 83 Ethnographic and historical case studies 86 Ethnographic case studies 86 Studying the city 4.2 87 Historical case studies 89 From one to multiple cases 90 Studying the city 4.3 92 A last but very important rule on doing a good social science of cities: Fitting good theory to good methods 94 And what about insight? 95 Part II The Changing Metropolis 99 5 The metropolis and its expansion: Early insights and basic principles 100 Metropolitan growth: Basic features 102 Studying the city 5.1 104 The mobility of people and groups in the metropolis 105 Social differences and migration in the metropolis 106 Migration and the expansion of the metropolis 108 The metropolitan center and its links to the hinterlands 110 Studying the city 5.2 112 Human agents and social institutions in the expansion of the metropolis 112 Making the city better 5.1 115 Planning and metropolitan development 116 Exploring further 5.1 121 Urban growth, institutions, and human agents 124 6 The origins and development of suburbs 126 What is a suburb? Definitions and variations 128 Alternative suburban forms 130 A brief history of suburban development 132 The original suburbs 132 Culture and the demand for suburban living 134 Making the city better 6.1 135 Exploring further 6.1 136 Early suburban diversity 138 Transportation technologies and suburban expansion 138 Making the city better 6.2 140 The role of policy in suburban expansion 141 The mass production of US suburbs 144 Changes and challenges in contemporary suburbs 145 Privatization and gated communities 146 The varied fates of older suburbs 148 Suburbs as places 151 Studying the city 6.1 150 7 Changing metropolitan landscapes after World War II 154 Los Angeles: The prototype of the postwar metropolis 156 Exploring further 7.1 160 The changing metropolitan order 162 The decline of older industrial cities 162 The rise of the postindustrial/postmodern metropolitan regions 163 The importance of transportation, again 164 The remaking of places and spaces: The profound human and political consequences 165 Making the city better 7.1 167 The emerging global economy: A brief overview 168 Studying the city 7.1 172 People, place, and space in a global world 174 Part III Social Inequalities and Power in the Metropolis 179 8 The early metropolis as a place of inequality 180 Colonial cities as unequal places 182 Early urban diversity 184 Gender in the early metropolis 185 Cities of immigrants 187 Immigrant lives: New York’s Five Points 187 Studying the city 8.1 191 The Five Points case in context 193 Early reform and intervention efforts 195 Making the American ghetto 196 Integrated beginnings 196 Making the city better 8.1 197 New neighbours, new tensions 198 The perpetuation and implications of black ghettos 199 Studying the city 8.2 200 Exploring further 8.1 201 The significance of urban diversity and inequality 203 9 Inequality and diversity in the post - World War II metropolis 206 Inequality and the metropolis 207 Poverty and race 207 Exploring further 9.1 209 Poverty and homelessness 210 Making the city better 9.1 212 Gentrification and the remaking of the metropolis 214 Exploring further 9.2 215 Social diversity and the transformed metropolis 218 The new immigration and the transformation of the metropolis 218 Europe 218 Studying the city 9.1 221 The United States and Canada 222 Reconstructing the contemporary metropolis 225 New ethnic enclaves 225 LGBT neighbourhoods 228 Studying the city 9.2 231 The Western metropolis in flux 232 10 Power, authority, and cities as contested spaces 236 States and markets 237 The changing global economy 238 Cities today as contested spaces 240 The nature of local governance and politics 241 Local authorities and marginalized peoples 243 African Americans and local authorities 244 The homeless and local authorities 245 The very poor and local authorities 246 Contesting mistreatment by local authorities: Resistance and aid 246 Making the city better 10.1 247 Exploring further 10.1 249 Major contests over deep meanings and spaces in the metropolis 250 Jerusalem: The quintessential contested city 250 The contested spaces of Berlin 252 Conclusion 254 Part IV The Metropolis in the Developing World 257 11 Urbanization and cities in developing countries 258 Urbanization: The basic path and its impact on place 259 Developing-country cities in historical perspective 261 Studying the city 11.1 262 The basic dimensions of urbanization 263 Urban hierarchy 264 Urban primacy 265 Over-urbanization versus under-urbanization 265 Studying the city 11.2 267 Natural increase and in-migration 268 From process and system to place 269 A profile with multiple wrinkles 269 Megacities as places: Opportunities and challenges 271 Size and density 271 Creating wealth and sustaining poverty 272 Exploring further 11.1 274 Making the city better 11.1 276 The developing megacity as a lived place 277 Making the city better 11.2 279 Governing the megacities 280 Studying the city 11.3 281 Reassessing the developing-country city 283 12 Cities in the global economy 286 Cities in a globalizing world: Theoretical background 287 Emerging cities in the global economy 288 Yiwu, China 288 Rajarhat, India 290 Further reflections on Yiwu 291 Re-emerging cities in the global economy 292 Berlin, Germany: A once-prosperous, then challenged, and now re-emerging local culture 292 Shanghai, China: Local change in a global renaissance city 294 Deeper into the global economy 297 Dongguan, China: A place transformed from a rural township into a global factory-city 297 Studying the city 12.1 300 Dubai, United Arab Emirates: From desert to urban miracle to mirage 301 Cities in a fully networked global economy 303 The regional dimension and mediation of cities 303 Becoming globally networked 305 Exploring further 12.1 306 Interdependence between cities and the global economy 308 Studying the city 12.2 309 Systematic constraint and individual flexibility 310 The global restructuring of cities 310 Making the city better 12.1 312 Part V Challenges of Today and The Metropolis of the Future 315 13 Urban environments and sustainability 316 Making use of nature 317 Natural attributes and urban development 317 Interpreting and manipulating nature 318 Studying the city 13.1 321 Inviting “disaster” 322 Why rebuild? 323 Urban environments 326 Local environmental concerns 327 Making the city better 13.1 329 Environment and inequality 329 Making the city better 13.2 331 Global environmental concerns 332 Urbanization’s environmental impacts 333 Cities and climate change 333 Addressing environmental issues: Toward sustainability 336 Exploring further 13.1 337 14 The remaking and future of cities 341 Between place and space: Reinforcing a theoretical vision 342 Remaking cities at critical moments 344 The crisis of Detroit 344 The remaking of Detroit 345 Making the city better 14.1 346 Place-remaking on a larger scale 348 Daily place-remaking from below 349 Remaking neighbourhoods and communities 350 The remaking of Brooklyn, New York 350 From Detroit and New York to China and Shanghai – again 350 Studying the city 14.1 352 Remaking cities for the future 354 Scaling up and looking forward 354 The China and India scenarios and their wider implications 354 Cities of the future and the future of cities 358 Making the city better 14.2 359 A detour back to planning regarding its role in shaping future cities 360 The foundational attributes of future cities 361 Exploring further 14.1 364 A final look at the twenty-first-century city 365 Glossary 368 References 376 Index 393
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Global Asian City
Book SynopsisGlobal Asian Cityprovides a unique theoretical framework for studying the growth of cities and migration focused on the notion of desire as a major driver of international migration to Asian cities. Draws on more than 120 interviews of emigrants to Seoulincluding migrant workers from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, English teachers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA, and international students at two elite Korean universities Features a comparative account of different migrant populations and the ways in which national migration systems and urban processes create differences between these groups Focuses on the causes of international migrant to Seoul, South Korea, and reveals how migration has transformed the city and nation, especially in the last two decades Trade Review'This intriguing piece of work casts migrants as urban actors, desires as social forces, and the city as assemblage. This work helps readers understand how migrants, desire, and the city shape each other through their encounters. It leads us to view the relationship between migration and cities in the East Asian context through the lens of the making and re-making of Seoul.'HaeRan Shin, Department of Geography, Seoul National University 'This is one of the first books to bring together two critical developments in 21st century Asia: the emergence of global cities and increasing immigration. Empirically rich, theoretically sophisticated and methodologically innovative, the book reveals how the making of Seoul as a global city is deeply entwined with migration as a process of becoming at the individual level.'Biao Xiang, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of OxfordTable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface vi Acknowledgements vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Desire, Assemblage and Encounter: Beyond Regimes of Migration Management 24 3 Migration Regimes, Migrant Biographies and Discrepancy 47 4 Migration, the Urban Periphery and the Politics of Migrant Lives 71 5 Channelling Desire and Diversity 101 6 Negotiating Privilege and Precarity in Suburban Seoul 128 7 Multicultural Presence and Fractured Futures 153 8 Conclusion 181 References 194 Index 209
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Smart Cities Smart Future
Book SynopsisAre you curious about smart cities? You should be! By mid-century, two-thirds of us will live in cities. The world of tomorrow will be a world of cities. But will they be smart cities? Smart cities are complex blends of technologies, systems and services designed and orchestrated to help people lead productive, fulfilling, safe and happy lives. This remarkable book is a window into our shared future. In crisp language and sharp detail, Mike Barlow and Cornelia Lévy-Bencheton explain how smart cities are powerful forces for positive change. With keen eyes and warm hearts, they invite readers to imagine the world of tomorrow, a fascinating world of connected cities and communities. They capture and convey the depth and richness of the worldwide smart city movement. Smart Cities, Smart Future describes the impact of smart city projects on people in towns, cities and nations around the world. The book includes descriptions of ongoing smart city projects in North America, Europe, AsiaTable of ContentsForeword ixDi-Ann Eisnor Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xxiThomas Müller Chapter 1 Cities of Our Dreams 1 Chapter 2 Data Cities 29 Chapter 3 Cities in Motion 51 Chapter 4 Forces of Attraction 77 Chapter 5 Human-Centered Design 97 Chapter 6 Citizens in the Loop 115 Chapter 7 We Decide 125 Chapter 8 Smart Nation 145 Chapter 9 Paint a Bull’s-Eye on Them 161 Chapter 10 Finding a Balance 181 Chapter 11 Deceptive Complexity 199 Appendix A Organizations and Councils 217 Appendix B Conferences and Events 231 Glossary 235 Recommended Reading 243 Meet Our Expert Sources 247 About the Authors 289 Index 291
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Urban Question in Africa
Book SynopsisIlluminates the path to more generative urban transitions in Africa''s cities and developing rural areas Africa is the world''s most rapidly urbanizing region. The predominantly rural continent is currently undergoing an urban revolution unlike any other, generally taking place without industrialization and often characterized by polarization, poverty, and fragmentation. While many cities have experienced construction booms and real estate speculation, others are marked by expanding informal economies and imploding infrastructures. The Urban Question in Africa: Uneven Geographies of Transition examines the imbalanced and contested nature of the ongoing urban transition of Africa. Edited and authored by leading experts on the subject, this unique volume develops an original theory conceptualizing cities as sociotechnical systems constituted by production, consumption, and infrastructure regimes. Throughout the book, in-depth chapters address the impacts of Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface xi Acknowledgements xii List of Abbreviations xiv Introduction: Urban Transitions in Africa 1 Urban Transition Trajectories in Africa: Generative or Parasitic? 7 Assessing the Urbanization-Globalization-Industrialization Nexus 10 Structure of the Book 13 1. (African) Cities as Sociotechnical Systems: A Conceptual Approach 18 Introduction 18 The Urban (Question) in Africa: A Review of the Literature 21 Economic Geographies of Urban Development 22 Radical, Planetary, Comparative and Postcolonial Urbanisms 24 Urban Studies and Theory in/for Africa 26 Conceptualizing the Urban Question in Africa 28 (African) Cities as Sociotechnical Systems 29 Applying the Approach 33 2. Urbanization with Industrialization? Manufacturing in African Cities 35 Introduction 35 Historicizing Africa's Manufacturing Path Dependencies 38 Africa's Present-day Manufacturing Horizon 40 The China Factor in African Manufacturing 43 The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) 45 Transforming Manufacturing? Governance Challenges and Opportunities 49 Rethinking the Governance of Production Regimes: National Urban Policies 50 Pathways for Industrialization in African Cities 52 Conclusion 54 3. The Impact of China and Other New Economic Powers on African Cities 57 Introduction 57 NEUP-African Relations Today: Key Channels of Impact 59 Imports 59 Infrastructure and Other Productive Investments 60 Housing and Built Environments 62 Migration, Travel and Knowledge Flows 65 Integrating the Channels and Their Impacts 67 Sino-African Relations in Africa Today: Specific Forms and Regime Impacts 68 Production Regimes 70 Consumption Regimes 71 Infrastructure Regimes 72 Conclusion 74 4. Fantasy Urbanization in Africa: The Political Economy of Heterotopias 76 Introduction 76 The Rise of Fantasy Urbanism in Africa 77 Neoliberal Planning and Heterotopic Urbanism in Africa 80 Emerging Heterotopias in Africa 82 Eko Atlantic (Lagos), Nigeria 82 Konza Technopolis (Nairobi), Kenya 84 HOPE City (Accra), Ghana 87 Africa's Neoliberal Heterotopias: Generative or Exclusionary Enclaves? 88 5. A Generative Urban Informal Sector? 92 Introduction 92 The Contours of Africa's Urban Informal Economies 96 Explicating the UIS Experience: Agbogbloshie Settlement, Accra 98 Situating Africa's UIS in a Sociotechnical Systems Framework 104 Transforming the UIS? ICTs, the 4IR and Makerspaces 106 Realizing a More Generative UIS: Collaborative Pathways for Transition 109 Conclusion 110 6. The Rise of the "Gig Economy" and the Impacts of Virtual Capital on African Cities (with Alicia Fortuin) 114 Defining the Gig Economy 115 The Gig Economy in Africa 116 Ride Sharing and the Evolution of Cape Town's Sociotechnical Regimes 118 Practices in Cape Town's Ride-sharing Regime 120 Governing Ride-sharing: Power Asymmetries, Informal Contracts and Rating Schemes 122 Precarious Platforms: Safety Issues in Cape Town's Ride-sharing Economy 124 Ride-sharing and the Evolution of Sociotechnical Regimes in African Cities 125 Conclusion 127 7. Making Cities Livable for All: Infrastructure and Service Provisioning Challenges 131 Introduction 131 The Scale and Scope of the Collective Goods Challenge in African Cities 132 Governance of Infrastructure Regimes: Speculation, Resource Constraints and Political Priorities 138 Splintered Urbanization and the Challenge of Service Distribution 140 Structural and Political Economic Drivers of Infrastructure Deficits in African Cities 143 SkyTrain -- Accra's Utopian Mega Infrastructure Project 144 The Bagamoyo Port Project, Tanzania 145 Kenya's Standard-Gauge Railway (SGR) 146 Achieving Infrastructure Transformations: Recentering Use-Value 147 8. The Wrath of Capital or Nature? Threats to Cities from Climate to COVID-19 150 Introduction 150 The Geography of Risk and Riskscapes 151 Riskscapes, Cities and Sociotechnical Systems 153 Climate Change and Sociotechnical Regimes 155 Heat 155 Sea Level Rise and Coastal Erosion 156 Flooding 157 Drought 159 Public Health Threats: Pandemics (Ebola and COVID-19) 160 Ebola 161 COVID-19 162 Managing Risk and Resilience in African Cities 163 9. The Green Economy and African Cities 166 Introduction 166 The Green Economy and the Global South 168 Africa's Green Economy Experience to Date 170 Green Industrialization through SEZs? South Africa's Atlantis GreenTech Zone 173 Green Economy Transitions and the Urban Informal Sector (UIS) 178 Conclusion 182 10. Prospects for Generative Urbanism in Africa 184 Introduction 184 Assessing the Urban Question in Africa Today: A Multidimensional View 185 Realizing Generative Cities: Constraints, Capabilities, Governance and Resilience Strategies 187 Production Regimes 188 Consumption Regimes 190 Infrastructure Regimes 193 Reframing the Urban Question as a Sociotechnical, Systemic One 194 References 199 Index 251
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Urban Question in Africa
Book SynopsisIlluminates the path to more generative urban transitions in Africa''s cities and developing rural areas Africa is the world''s most rapidly urbanizing region. The predominantly rural continent is currently undergoing an urban revolution unlike any other, generally taking place without industrialization and often characterized by polarization, poverty, and fragmentation. While many cities have experienced construction booms and real estate speculation, others are marked by expanding informal economies and imploding infrastructures. The Urban Question in Africa: Uneven Geographies of Transition examines the imbalanced and contested nature of the ongoing urban transition of Africa. Edited and authored by leading experts on the subject, this unique volume develops an original theory conceptualizing cities as sociotechnical systems constituted by production, consumption, and infrastructure regimes. Throughout the book, in-depth chapters address the impacts of Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface xi Acknowledgements xii List of Abbreviations xiv Introduction: Urban Transitions in Africa 1 Urban Transition Trajectories in Africa: Generative or Parasitic? 7 Assessing the Urbanization-Globalization-Industrialization Nexus 10 Structure of the Book 13 1. (African) Cities as Sociotechnical Systems: A Conceptual Approach 18 Introduction 18 The Urban (Question) in Africa: A Review of the Literature 21 Economic Geographies of Urban Development 22 Radical, Planetary, Comparative and Postcolonial Urbanisms 24 Urban Studies and Theory in/for Africa 26 Conceptualizing the Urban Question in Africa 28 (African) Cities as Sociotechnical Systems 29 Applying the Approach 33 2. Urbanization with Industrialization? Manufacturing in African Cities 35 Introduction 35 Historicizing Africa's Manufacturing Path Dependencies 38 Africa's Present-day Manufacturing Horizon 40 The China Factor in African Manufacturing 43 The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) 45 Transforming Manufacturing? Governance Challenges and Opportunities 49 Rethinking the Governance of Production Regimes: National Urban Policies 50 Pathways for Industrialization in African Cities 52 Conclusion 54 3. The Impact of China and Other New Economic Powers on African Cities 57 Introduction 57 NEUP-African Relations Today: Key Channels of Impact 59 Imports 59 Infrastructure and Other Productive Investments 60 Housing and Built Environments 62 Migration, Travel and Knowledge Flows 65 Integrating the Channels and Their Impacts 67 Sino-African Relations in Africa Today: Specific Forms and Regime Impacts 68 Production Regimes 70 Consumption Regimes 71 Infrastructure Regimes 72 Conclusion 74 4. Fantasy Urbanization in Africa: The Political Economy of Heterotopias 76 Introduction 76 The Rise of Fantasy Urbanism in Africa 77 Neoliberal Planning and Heterotopic Urbanism in Africa 80 Emerging Heterotopias in Africa 82 Eko Atlantic (Lagos), Nigeria 82 Konza Technopolis (Nairobi), Kenya 84 HOPE City (Accra), Ghana 87 Africa's Neoliberal Heterotopias: Generative or Exclusionary Enclaves? 88 5. A Generative Urban Informal Sector? 92 Introduction 92 The Contours of Africa's Urban Informal Economies 96 Explicating the UIS Experience: Agbogbloshie Settlement, Accra 98 Situating Africa's UIS in a Sociotechnical Systems Framework 104 Transforming the UIS? ICTs, the 4IR and Makerspaces 106 Realizing a More Generative UIS: Collaborative Pathways for Transition 109 Conclusion 110 6. The Rise of the "Gig Economy" and the Impacts of Virtual Capital on African Cities (with Alicia Fortuin) 114 Defining the Gig Economy 115 The Gig Economy in Africa 116 Ride Sharing and the Evolution of Cape Town's Sociotechnical Regimes 118 Practices in Cape Town's Ride-sharing Regime 120 Governing Ride-sharing: Power Asymmetries, Informal Contracts and Rating Schemes 122 Precarious Platforms: Safety Issues in Cape Town's Ride-sharing Economy 124 Ride-sharing and the Evolution of Sociotechnical Regimes in African Cities 125 Conclusion 127 7. Making Cities Livable for All: Infrastructure and Service Provisioning Challenges 131 Introduction 131 The Scale and Scope of the Collective Goods Challenge in African Cities 132 Governance of Infrastructure Regimes: Speculation, Resource Constraints and Political Priorities 138 Splintered Urbanization and the Challenge of Service Distribution 140 Structural and Political Economic Drivers of Infrastructure Deficits in African Cities 143 SkyTrain -- Accra's Utopian Mega Infrastructure Project 144 The Bagamoyo Port Project, Tanzania 145 Kenya's Standard-Gauge Railway (SGR) 146 Achieving Infrastructure Transformations: Recentering Use-Value 147 8. The Wrath of Capital or Nature? Threats to Cities from Climate to COVID-19 150 Introduction 150 The Geography of Risk and Riskscapes 151 Riskscapes, Cities and Sociotechnical Systems 153 Climate Change and Sociotechnical Regimes 155 Heat 155 Sea Level Rise and Coastal Erosion 156 Flooding 157 Drought 159 Public Health Threats: Pandemics (Ebola and COVID-19) 160 Ebola 161 COVID-19 162 Managing Risk and Resilience in African Cities 163 9. The Green Economy and African Cities 166 Introduction 166 The Green Economy and the Global South 168 Africa's Green Economy Experience to Date 170 Green Industrialization through SEZs? South Africa's Atlantis GreenTech Zone 173 Green Economy Transitions and the Urban Informal Sector (UIS) 178 Conclusion 182 10. Prospects for Generative Urbanism in Africa 184 Introduction 184 Assessing the Urban Question in Africa Today: A Multidimensional View 185 Realizing Generative Cities: Constraints, Capabilities, Governance and Resilience Strategies 187 Production Regimes 188 Consumption Regimes 190 Infrastructure Regimes 193 Reframing the Urban Question as a Sociotechnical, Systemic One 194 References 199 Index 251
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Leading Equity Becoming an Advocate for All
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xxiii About the Author xxv Chapter 1 Know Your Biases and Recognize Your Position of Privilege as an Educator 1 Chapter 2 Get to Know Your Students 25 Chapter 3 Spend Time with Students Outside School Settings 55 Chapter 4 Check Your Current Language Practices 77 Chapter 5 Promote a Decolonial Atmosphere 99 Chapter 6 Adopt an Advocacy Mentality 115 Chapter 7 Educate Yourself 137 Chapter 8 Model Vulnerability and Humility 151 Chapter 9 Recognize How to Build on Students’ Assets 167 Chapter 10 Use Social Justice as the Basis for Advocacy 195 Index 213
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Rooted in Joy
Book SynopsisHow teachers can unlock the power of inclusivity and joy to transform their classroom and behavior management In Rooted in Joy: Creating a Classroom Culture of Equity, Belonging, and Care, educational justice advocate and educator Deonna Smith delivers a unique blend of theory, academic frameworks, narrative, and digestible advice on impacting deeply rooted school culture challenges and managing the day-to-day classroom. This research-based book brings a friendly and accessible voice to a complex issue, making the subject matter easy to follow and apply in the real world. In the book, you'll build your toolbox for cultivating a inclusive and joyful classroom culture throughhumanizing your students and acknowledging the role that culture and race play in the educational system.You'll also: Find valuable, downloadable resources that complement and highlight the topics discussed in the book Discover resources suited to first-year teacheTable of ContentsGlossary Introduction Chapter 1 When We Know Better, We Do Better Chapter 2 What We Need to Know Chapter 3 Mindshift Bootcamp Chapter 4 Building a Healthy Ecosystem Chapter 5 Maintaining the Ecosystem Conclusion Epilogue: Where Are They Now? About the Author References Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Brilliant Teaching
Book SynopsisThink like an artist and design a classroom that workswellfor everyone In Brilliant Teaching, you will come to understand that equitywhen we view it from an informed, multi-layered, and artistic perspectiveis the essential purpose of teaching. As education thought leader Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge argues, true equity does not need to defend or justify itself against detractors. Teaching for equity means creating student-centered opportunities that match the social, political, and economic context of the learning environment. Informed by both theory and extensive collaboration with K-12 teachers, Brilliant Teaching will help you develop a deep understanding of culture, one that you can leverage in order to be responsive to students. This book draws from a range of disciplines, including but going well beyond the post-modern and critical-theory-based discourse that dominate conversations today. Brilliant Teaching also pulls from art theory, cultural psychTable of ContentsPreface xiii Do I, or Do I Not, Take This Picture? xiv What Is This Book About? xvi To Whom Am I Speaking? xx Part One Culturally Responsive Artmaking Teaching 1 One What Does It Mean to Think Like an Artist? 5 What Is Artmaking? 7 Social Learning 15 Notes on Artmaking: Influence and Inspiration 29 Chapter Notes 31 Two Defining Equity and the Problem of Fairness 35 A Problem of Fairness 37 Measured by Outputs 39 Quality and Effective 44 Difference ≠ Deficits 50 What Schools Can Do 60 Notes on Artmaking: The Heart of Equity 61 Chapter Notes 64 Three Shifting Paradigms 69 Equity Problems of Practice 71 Race 76 Nonstarters 83 Notes on Artmaking: Layered Methodologies 88 Chapter Notes 92 Four Artmaking— As an Equity Issue 95 What Does It Mean to Understand? 97 The Role of Culture Relative to Achievement 108 Notes on Artmaking: Composition 127 Chapter Notes 128 Part Two The Culturally Responsive Artmaking Teacher (In) You 131 Five 12 Days of Instruction 135 Seating Charts, Volcanoes, and Different Glimpses of Themselves 137 Week 1: Planning (Structure and Process) 142 Week 2: Superpowers, Not Hacks 149 Week 3: From Compliance to Agency 160 “Something Has to Work Better .” 167 Notes on Artmaking: Ordinary Resurrections 169 Six Improvisation 173 Make It into a Melody 175 Uncertainty 177 Imprint the Memory 179 Notes on Artmaking: Have Students Translate the Melody 181 Chapter Notes 182 Seven Story 183 Our Job Is to Be a Storyteller 185 The Star of the Show 186 The Story Unfolds as a Question 188 Notes on Artmaking: The Power of Story 189 Chapter Note 190 Eight Audience 193 A Captive Audience 195 A Good Classroom Is Supportive of New Ideas 197 In Defense of Incentives 199 Notes on Artmaking: Incentives Are Not the Reward 208 Chapter Notes 210 Nine The Art of Culturally Responsive Assessments 211 A Culture of Responsive Assessments 213 Why Are Performative Assessments More Equitable Than Traditional “Standardized” Assessments? 215 Measure It Performatively 221 Notes on Artmaking: “They Weren’t Taking Cues Off of Me.” 228 Afterword 231 Brilliance 232 Brilliant Teaching is Philosophizing 234 References 237 Index 255
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WW Norton & Co Ghost Road
Book SynopsisA penetrating look at near-future disruption as truly autonomous vehicles arrive.Trade Review"Today, Townsend foresees a future of “ghost roads” full of driverless corporate vehicles satisfying a growing appetite for instant delivery of goods..." -- Nature"Some readers will feel that Townsend has sketched out a future with vast possibilities; to other it will seem like a nightmarish vision where robots effectively control our movements. Both groups, however, will learn a lot." -- Alistair Dalton - Scotland on Sunday
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cities War and Terrorism
Book SynopsisCities, War and Terrorism is the first book to look critically at the ways in which warfare, terrorism and counter-terrorism policies intersect in cities in the post Cold-War period. A path-breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence Draws on cutting-edge research from geography, history, architecture, planning, sociology, critical theory, politics, international relations and military studies Provides up-to-date empirical analyses of specific conflicts, including 9/11, the War on Terrorism, the Balkan wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and urban antiglobalization battles Offers lay readers a sophisticated perspective on the violence that is engulfing our increasingly urbanised worldTrade Review"This is a brilliant, disturbing book. Modern cities have often been seen as places of extraordinary creativity and creative destruction, but for this very reason they are also often sites of spectacular military and paramilitary violence. These essays unsettle so many taken-for-granted ways of thinking about cities. Their authors crouch and scurry along streets that, for too long, have seemed opaque to our political and intellectual imaginations. There is a tremendous power and urgency to their arguments that should be confronted by anyone concerned at the intimacy of the connections between cities, war and terrorism." Derek Gregory, University of British Columbia "Cities, War and Terrorism is a rare accomplishment. Bringing together a truly interdisciplinary group of authors, it provides the first, original investigation of the urbanisation of modern conflict. In their plural ways and myriad sites, the essays in this book investigate the changing nature of the contemporary battlespace and the implosion of distinctions between inside and outside, civilian and military. Together, they mark the beginning of a new and vital field of analysis – an urban geopolitics – that must concern us all." David Campbell, University of Durham "Acts of war and terror against cities and their inhabitants (both anti-state and state sanctioned) are saturating our contemporary world. Yet urban researchers are in denial of this starkest of contemporary urban realities. Graham brings together the renegade thinkers and researchers who are tracking the ways in which global geopolitics is imploding into the urban world. Cities, War and Terrorism is a stunningly successful synthesis of the subtle interpenetration of global geopolitics and the micro-politics of cities and neighborhoods. It marks the beginning of a new and crucial research domain: that of urban geopolitics. This book must, and will, change the way urban researchers and planners think about and explore city regions. It helps to make sense of the ways in which the historic functions of cities and nation states (social welfare, education, health, planning) are being overwhelmed by the imperative of 'security' and the politics of fear. Purposely provocative and deeply disturbing." Leonie Sandercock, University of British Columbia "Graham’s anger at the appropriation of the events of 9/11, simmering beneath the surface of his general introduction, contributes to a strong sense of editorial passion and involvement. This volume provides a fascinating, and immensely broad-ranging, call to understand the complex inter-relationships between geopolitical forces and those resilient urban lives." Totalitarian Movements and Political Religion, Volume 7 Issue 4 (December 2006) Table of ContentsList of Plates. List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Series Editors' Preface. Preface. Introduction: Cities, Warfare, and States of Emergency: Stephen Graham (University of Durham). Part I: Cities, War and Terrorism in History and Theory. 1 Cities as Strategic Sites : Place Annihilation and Urban Geopolitics: Stephen Graham (University of Durham). 2 The City-as-Target, or Perpetuation and Death: Ryan Bishop and Gregory Clancey (National University of Singapore; National University of Singapore). 3 Shadow Architectures : War, Memories, and Berlin’s Futures: Simon Guy (University of Newcastle). 4 Another Anxious Urbanism: Simulating Defence and Disaster in Cold War America: Matthew Farish (University of Toronto). 5 Living (Occasionally Dying) Together in an Urban World: Zygmunt Bauman (University of Leeds and the University of Warsaw). 6 Everyday Techniques as Extraordinary Threats: Urban Technostructures and Nonplaces in Terrorist Actions: Timothy W. Luke (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia). Part II: Urbicide and the Urbanization of Warfare. 7 New Wars of the City : Relationships of 'Urbicide' and 'Genocide': Martin Shaw (University of Sussex). 8 Urbicide in Bosnia: Martin Coward (University of Sussex). 9 Strategic Points, Flexible Lines, Tense Surfaces and Political Volumes: Ariel Sharon and The Geometry of Occupation: Eyal Weizmann (an architect based in Tel Aviv and London). 10 Constructing Urbicide by Bulldozer in the Occupied Territories: Stephen Graham. 11 City Streets – The War Zones of Globalisation: Democracy and Military Operations in Urban Terrain in the Early 21st Century: Robert Warren (University of Delaware). 12 Continuity and Discontinuity : The Grammar of Urban Military Operations : Alice Hills (King’s College, London). Part III: Exposed Cities : Urban Impacts of Terrorism and the ‘War on Terror’. 13 Urban Warfare: A Tour of the Battlefield: Michael Sorkin (CCNY). 14 The “War on Terrorism” and Life in Cities after September 11, 2001: Peter Marcuse (Columbia University in New York City). 15 Recasting the ‘Ring of Steel’: Designing Out Terrorism in the City Of London? Jon Coaffee (University of Newcastle). 16 Technology vs. ‘Terrorism’: Circuits of City Surveillance Since September 11: David Lyon (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario). 17 Urban Dimensions of the Punishment of Afghanistan by U.S. Bombs: Marc W. Herold (University of New Hampshire in Durham). Epilogue: Stephen Graham. Bibliography. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cities War and Terrorism
Book SynopsisCities, War and Terrorism is the first book to look critically at the ways in which warfare, terrorism and counter-terrorism policies intersect in cities in the post Cold-War period. A path-breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence Draws on cutting-edge research from geography, history, architecture, planning, sociology, critical theory, politics, international relations and military studies Provides up-to-date empirical analyses of specific conflicts, including 9/11, the War on Terrorism, the Balkan wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and urban antiglobalization battles Offers lay readers a sophisticated perspective on the violence that is engulfing our increasingly urbanised worldTrade Review"This is a brilliant, disturbing book. Modern cities have often been seen as places of extraordinary creativity and creative destruction, but for this very reason they are also often sites of spectacular military and paramilitary violence. These essays unsettle so many taken-for-granted ways of thinking about cities. Their authors crouch and scurry along streets that, for too long, have seemed opaque to our political and intellectual imaginations. There is a tremendous power and urgency to their arguments that should be confronted by anyone concerned at the intimacy of the connections between cities, war and terrorism." Derek Gregory, University of British Columbia "Cities, War and Terrorism is a rare accomplishment. Bringing together a truly interdisciplinary group of authors, it provides the first, original investigation of the urbanisation of modern conflict. In their plural ways and myriad sites, the essays in this book investigate the changing nature of the contemporary battlespace and the implosion of distinctions between inside and outside, civilian and military. Together, they mark the beginning of a new and vital field of analysis – an urban geopolitics – that must concern us all." David Campbell, University of Durham "Acts of war and terror against cities and their inhabitants (both anti-state and state sanctioned) are saturating our contemporary world. Yet urban researchers are in denial of this starkest of contemporary urban realities. Graham brings together the renegade thinkers and researchers who are tracking the ways in which global geopolitics is imploding into the urban world. Cities, War and Terrorism is a stunningly successful synthesis of the subtle interpenetration of global geopolitics and the micro-politics of cities and neighborhoods. It marks the beginning of a new and crucial research domain: that of urban geopolitics. This book must, and will, change the way urban researchers and planners think about and explore city regions. It helps to make sense of the ways in which the historic functions of cities and nation states (social welfare, education, health, planning) are being overwhelmed by the imperative of 'security' and the politics of fear. Purposely provocative and deeply disturbing." Leonie Sandercock, University of British Columbia "Graham’s anger at the appropriation of the events of 9/11, simmering beneath the surface of his general introduction, contributes to a strong sense of editorial passion and involvement. This volume provides a fascinating, and immensely broad-ranging, call to understand the complex inter-relationships between geopolitical forces and those resilient urban lives." Totalitarian Movements and Political Religion, Volume 7 Issue 4 (December 2006) Table of ContentsList of Plates. List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Series Editors' Preface. Preface. Introduction: Cities, Warfare, and States of Emergency: Stephen Graham (University of Durham). Part I: Cities, War and Terrorism in History and Theory. 1 Cities as Strategic Sites : Place Annihilation and Urban Geopolitics: Stephen Graham (University of Durham). 2 The City-as-Target, or Perpetuation and Death: Ryan Bishop and Gregory Clancey (National University of Singapore; National University of Singapore). 3 Shadow Architectures : War, Memories, and Berlin’s Futures: Simon Guy (University of Newcastle). 4 Another Anxious Urbanism: Simulating Defence and Disaster in Cold War America: Matthew Farish (University of Toronto). 5 Living (Occasionally Dying) Together in an Urban World: Zygmunt Bauman (University of Leeds and the University of Warsaw). 6 Everyday Techniques as Extraordinary Threats: Urban Technostructures and Nonplaces in Terrorist Actions: Timothy W. Luke (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia). Part II: Urbicide and the Urbanization of Warfare. 7 New Wars of the City : Relationships of 'Urbicide' and 'Genocide': Martin Shaw (University of Sussex). 8 Urbicide in Bosnia: Martin Coward (University of Sussex). 9 Strategic Points, Flexible Lines, Tense Surfaces and Political Volumes: Ariel Sharon and The Geometry of Occupation: Eyal Weizmann (an architect based in Tel Aviv and London). 10 Constructing Urbicide by Bulldozer in the Occupied Territories: Stephen Graham. 11 City Streets – The War Zones of Globalisation: Democracy and Military Operations in Urban Terrain in the Early 21st Century: Robert Warren (University of Delaware). 12 Continuity and Discontinuity : The Grammar of Urban Military Operations : Alice Hills (King’s College, London). Part III: Exposed Cities : Urban Impacts of Terrorism and the ‘War on Terror’. 13 Urban Warfare: A Tour of the Battlefield: Michael Sorkin (CCNY). 14 The “War on Terrorism” and Life in Cities after September 11, 2001: Peter Marcuse (Columbia University in New York City). 15 Recasting the ‘Ring of Steel’: Designing Out Terrorism in the City Of London? Jon Coaffee (University of Newcastle). 16 Technology vs. ‘Terrorism’: Circuits of City Surveillance Since September 11: David Lyon (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario). 17 Urban Dimensions of the Punishment of Afghanistan by U.S. Bombs: Marc W. Herold (University of New Hampshire in Durham). Epilogue: Stephen Graham. Bibliography. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cities of Europe
Book SynopsisCities of Europe is a unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations on western European cities. A unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations on western European cities. Focuses on the interplay between segregation, social exclusion and governance issues in these cities. Takes a comparative approach by highlighting the specifics of European cities vis-à-vis other urban contexts and analysing the intra-European differences. The CD-ROM features a series of 2,000 photographs from seventeen cities (Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Berlin, Birmingham, Brussels, Bucharest, Helsinki, London, Milan, Naples, New York, Paris, Rotterdam, Tirana, Turin, and Utrecht). Also features 126 thematic maps, interviews with established scholars, and literature reviews. The book and the CD-ROM are linked through an extensive
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Urban Sprawl in Europe
Book SynopsisUrban sprawl is one of the most important types of land-use changes currently affecting Europe. It increasingly creates major impacts on the environment (via surface sealing, emissions by transport and ecosystem fragmentation); on the social structure of an area (by segregation, lifestyle changes and neglecting urban centres); and on the economy (via distributed production, land prices, and issues of scale). Urban Sprawl in Europe: landscapes, land-use change & policy explains the nature and dynamics of urban sprawl. The book is written in three parts. Part I considers contemporary definitions, theories and trends in European urban sprawl. In part II authors draw upon experiences from across Europe to consider urban sprawl from a number of perspectives: Infrastructure-related sprawl, such as can be seen around Athens; Sprawl in the post-socialist city, as typified by Warsaw, Leipzig and Ljubljana; Decline and sprawl, where a comparTable of ContentsContributors xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgments xx Part I Theory and Method 1 1 Introduction: Definitions, Theories and Methods of Comparative Analysis 3Chris Couch, Lila Leontidou and Karl-Olov Arnstberg Background 3 The origins of suburbia and urban sprawl in Europe and the USA 6 Some differences between Europe and the USA 15 The development of theory and policy in Europe 20 Methodology 28 The structure of the book 32 Note 34 References 34 2 Sprawl in European Cities: The Comparative Background 39Diana Reckien and Jay Karecha Urban trends in Europe 39 Urban trends in the case study cities 45 Conclusions 64 Appendix: Patterns of growth and sprawl across European cities 65 References 67 Part II Types of Urban Sprawl in Europe 69 3 Infrastructure-related Urban Sprawl: Mega-events and Hybrid Peri-urban Landscapes in Southern Europe 71Lila Leontidou, Alex Afouxenidis, Elias Kourliouros and Emmanuel Marmaras Introduction: theory and method 71 ‘Astyphilia’ and popular spontaneous suburbanisation until the 1970s 73 Modernism and urban land policy after EU accession 80 Toward the entrepreneurial city and post-Olympic landscapes 87 Mega-events and Mediterranean urban futures 94 Notes 96 References 98 4 Sprawl in the Post-Socialist City: The Changing Economic and Institutional Context of Central and Eastern European Cities 102Nataša Pichler-Milanovic, Ma³gorzata Gutry-Korycka and Dieter Rink Socialist cities in Central and Eastern Europe 102 Transition reforms in Central and Eastern Europe 104 The patterns of urban sprawl in post-socialist cities 108 The causes of urban sprawl in the post-socialist cities 114 The consequences of urban sprawl in post-socialist cities 121 Policy responses 127 Conclusions: what is needed for ‘sustainable’ sprawl in post-socialist cities? 130 Notes 133 References 133 5 Decline and Sprawl: Urban Sprawl is not Confined to Expanding City Regions 136Henning Nuissl, Dieter Rink, Chris Couch and Jay Karecha Sprawl in the context of urban decline 136 Trends in urban sprawl in Britain and Germany 138 The two cases 141 Comparisons between Liverpool and Leipzig 150 Conclusions 156 Notes 160 References 160 6 No Place Like Second Home: Weekends, Holidays, Retirement and Urban Sprawl 163Karl-Olov Arnstberg and Inger Bergstrom The largest industry in the world 163 A short history of the summerhouse 165 The summers of my childhood 165 Two homes 167 Making and maintaining roots 169 Recreation, retirement …and investment 170 Retreat to a loved place 171 Varmdo, a sprawled community in the Stockholm region 173 References 180 Part III Models, Urban Policy and Sustainability 181 7 Modelling Urban Sprawl: Actors and Mathematics 183Matthias Ludeke, Diana Reckien and Gerhard Petschel-Held Actors, actor classes and sprawl 184 The actor versus the structural perspective on sprawl 187 Identifying the feedbacks 190 Operationalising the qualitative attractivity migration model 195 Validation and future scenarios 196 Using a QUAM model for policy analysis 198 From general targets to specific policy mechanisms: a model analysis 199 Discussion of case specific strategy – suggestions from a QUAM perspective 206 Conclusions 211 Appendix 213 References 214 8 Lines of Defence: Policies for the Control of Urban Sprawl 217Henning Nuissl and Chris Couch The aims of policy 217 The mechanisms of policy 218 Regulation 220 Economic intervention: direct investment, taxation or subsidy 227 Institutional change, management and advocacy 229 Conclusions 233 Notes 238 References 239 9 Urban Sprawl and Hybrid Cityscapes in Europe: Comparisons, Theory Construction and Conclusions 242Lila Leontidou and Chris Couch ‘Urban’, ‘suburban’, ‘post-suburban’, and their in-between spaces 243 Deconstructing the dualism of causes/consequences of urban sprawl 244 A systematic comparison of city case studies 256 Cultures of urbanism and sprawl in Europe 260 Hybrid landscapes and questions of sustainability 264 Note 265 References 265 Index 269
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Swept Up Lives
Book SynopsisUtilizing innovative ethnographic research, Swept Up Lives? challenges conventional accounts of urban homelessness to trace the complex and varied attempts to care for homeless people Presents innovative ethnographic research which suggests an important shift in perspective in the analysis and understanding of urban homelessness Emphasizes the ethical and emotional geographies of care embodied and performed within homeless services spaces Suggests that different homelessness scenes' develop in different places due to varied historical, political, and cultural responses to the problems faced Trade Review“Overall, this book makes a substantial contribution to research on urban homelessness. It provides a glimpse into a network of emotions relationships, and service provision that is underacknowledged in urban geography.” (The Canadian Geographer, 4 September 2014) "Swept up Lives? lives up toexpectations and delivers a well argued and insightful analysis that progresses established paradigmatic ways of understanding homelessness in the Western world." (UGRG Book Review Series, 19 December 2011) "I cannot praise this book highly enough or hope to do justice to it in a short review. It is a considerable and possibly unprecedented achievement . . . I would recommend that this book be read by everyone who has anything to do with homelessness, and by every policy work, every politician, and every academic analyst of the policy process." (The Geographical Journal, 2011) "A compelling narrative, moving from 'the street' to structure and back again, to argue that more attention needs to be paid to the neoliberalist welfare state. The authors highlight examples of hope and caring, providing a critical but optimistic view of what can be done by individuals, institutions, and governing bodies. A must read for researchers and students interested in understanding not only homelessness, but also the complexities of governance.’ —Lois M. Takahashi, University of California, Los Angeles ‘Challenging theories of urban revanchism that deny homeless people agency and neglect the complexities of today’s welfare state, Swept Up Lives provides a sharp conceptual corrective and rich portrayal of geographies of homelessness in Britain. Detailed ethnographies and institutional analysis offer a window on homeless subjectivities and voluntary organizations as spaces of caring and active citizenship. I highly recommend this book.’ —Jennifer Wolch, University of California, Berkeley ‘A well crafted, insightful and timely book that overturns existing orthodoxies, exploring the experience of homelessness in the UK and providing a thought-provoking portrayal of the human face of homelessness.’ —Christine Milligan, Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsFigures and Tables vi Series Editors' Preface vii Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations x 1 Introduction: Re-envisioning the Homeless City 1 2 From Neoliberalization to Postsecularism 22 3 Tactics and Performativities in the Homeless City 61 4 'He's Not Homeless, He Shouldn't Have Any Food': Outdoor Relief in a Postsecular Age 92 5 'It's Like You Can Almost Be Normal Again': Refuge and Resource in Britain's Day Centres 117 6 'It's Been a Tough Night, Huh?' Hopelessness (and Hope) in Britain's Homeless Hostels 147 7 Big City Blues: Uneven Geographies of Provision in the Homeless City 181 8 On the Margins of the Homeless City: Caring for Homeless People in Rural Areas 211 9 Conclusions 241 References 255 Index 274
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Confronting Suburbanization
Book SynopsisThis fascinating book explains the processes of suburbanization in the context of post-socialist societies transitioning from one system of socio-spatial order to another. Case studies of seven Central and Eastern Europe city regions illuminate growth patterns and key conditions for the emergence of sprawl. Breaks new ground, offering a systematic approach to the analysis of the global phenomenon of suburbanization in a post-socialist context Tracks the boom of the post-socialist suburbs in seven CEE capital city regions Budapest, Ljubljana, Moscow, Prague, Sofia, Tallinn, and Warsaw Situates the experience of the CEE countries in the broader context of global urban change Case studies examine the phenomenon of suburbanization along four main vectors of analysis related to development patterns, driving forces, consequences and impacts, and management of suburbanization Highlights the critical importance of public policies and planninTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii List of Illustrations x Glossary xvi Series Editors’ Preface xx Preface xxi 1 The Challenge of Postsocialist Suburbanization 1Luděk Sýkora and Kiril Stanilov 2 Urban Sprawl on the Danube: The Impacts of Suburbanization in Budapest 33Zoltán Kovács and Iván Tosics 3 Confronting Suburbanization in Ljubljana: From “Urbanization of the Countryside” to Urban Sprawl 65Nataša Pichler-Milanović 4 Suburbanization of Moscow’s Urban Region 97Isolde Brade, Alla Makhrova, and Tatyana Nefedova 5 Prague: Urban Growth and Regional Sprawl 133Luděk k Sýkora and Ondrě j Mulícě k 6 Sprawling Sofia: Postsocialist Suburban Growth in the Bulgarian Capital 163Kiril Stanilov and Sonia Hirt 7 Suburbanization in the Tallinn Metropolitan Area 192Kadri Leetmaa, Anneli Kährik, Mari Nuga, and Tiit Tammaru 8 Lessons from Warsaw: The Lack of Coordinated Planning and Its Impacts on Urban Sprawl 225Andrzej Lisowski, Dorota Mantey, and Waldemar Wilk 9 Postsocialist Suburbanization Patterns and Dynamics: A Comparative Perspective 256Kiril Stanilov and Luděk Sýkora 10 Managing Suburbanization in Postsocialist Europe 296Kiril Stanilov and Luděk Sýkora Index 321
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell City Reader
Book SynopsisUpdated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader, Second Edition features a comprehensive selection of multidisciplinary readings relating to the analysis and experience of global cities. Includes new sections of materialities and mobilities to capture the most recent debates The most international reader of its kind, including extensive coverage of urban issues in Asia, China, and India Combines theoretical approaches with a wide range of geographical case studies Organized to be used as a stand-alone text or alongside Blackwell''s A Companion to the City Table of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments x Introduction 1 Part I Materialities 3 Introducing Materialities 5 1 The Great Towns 11 Friedrich Engels 2 Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West 17 William Cronon 3 The Urban Process Under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis 32David Harvey 4 An Introduction to the Information Age 40Manuel Castells 5 Metropolis: From the Division of Labor to Urban Form 49Allen J. Scott 6 The Economic Base of Contemporary Cities 60Ash Amin 7 The Making of Global City Regions: Mumbai: The Mega-City of a Poor Country 72Sujata Patel 8 Urban Political Ecology, Justice and the Politics of Scale 79Erik Swyngedouw and Nikolas C. Heynen 9 Moving Cities: Rethinking the Materialities of Urban Geographies 86Alan Latham and Derek P. McCormack Part II Mobilities 95 Introducing Mobilities 97 10 The Metropolis and Mental Life 103Georg Simmel 11 The Practice of Everyday Life 111Michel de Certeau 12 The Arcades Project 119Walter Benjamin 13 The Global City: Introducing a Concept 126Saskia Sassen 14 Postborder Cities, Postborder World: The Rise of Bajalta California 133Michael Dear and Héctor Manuel Lucero 15 Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger 138Arjun Appadurai 16 Connections 144John Urry 17 Driving in the City 152Nigel Thrift 18 Urban Transport in Chinese Cities: The Impact on the Urban Poor 159Zhong-Ren Peng and Yi Zhu Part III Division and Difference 169 Introducing Division and Difference 171 19 The Continuing Causes of Segregation 177Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton 20 The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy 186William Julius Wilson 21 City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles 193Mike Davis 22 After Tompkins Square Park: Degentrification and the Revanchist City 201Neil Smith 23 The S.U.V. Model of Citizenship: Floating Bubbles, Buffer Zones, and the Rise of the “Purely Atomic” Individual 211Don Mitchell 24 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 221Michel Foucault 25 The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference 228Iris Marion Young 26 City A/Genders 237Sophie Watson 27 Building Gay Neighborhood Enclaves: The Village and Harlem 243George Chauncey Part IV Urban Publics and Urban Cultures 253 Introducing Urban Publics and Urban Cultures 255 28 The Public Realm 261Richard Sennett 29 The Death and Life of Great American Cities 273Jane Jacobs 30 China Urban: Health, Wealth and the Good Life 278Nancy N. Chen 31 Spatializing Culture: The Social Construction of Public Space in Costa Rica 284Setha M. Low 32 Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World 293Sharon Zukin 33 City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London 303Judith R. Walkowitz 34 Homo Palpitans: Balzac’s Novels and Urban Personality 311Franco Moretti 35 Writing the City 317Peter Preston and Paul Simpson-Housley 36 Imagining the Modern City: Light in Dark Spaces 323James Donald Part V Urban Politics and Planning 331 Introducing Urban Politics and Planning 333 37 The Growth of the City 339Ernest W. Burgess 38 The City of Tomorrow and its Planning 345Le Corbusier 39 The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília 355James Holston 40 Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-economy 365Anthony D. King 41 Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis 374Edward W. Soja 42 How to Study Urban Political Power 382John Hull Mollenkopf 43 Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place 391John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch 44 New Directions in Planning Theory 402Susan S. Fainstein 45 Cities and the Geographies of “Actually Existing Neoliberalism” 411Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore 46 China’s Urban Transition: Backward into the Future 419John Friedmann 47 Planning the Competitive City-Region: The Emergence of Strategic Development Plan in China 428Fulong Wu and Jingxing Zhang Index 433
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell City Reader
Book SynopsisUpdated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader, Second Edition features a comprehensive selection of multidisciplinary readings relating to the analysis and experience of global cities. Includes new sections of materialities and mobilities to capture the most recent debates The most international reader of its kind, including extensive coverage of urban issues in Asia, China, and India Combines theoretical approaches with a wide range of geographical case studies Organized to be used as a stand-alone text or alongside Blackwell''s A Companion to the City Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Materialities: Introducing Materialities 1.. The Great Towns (Frederick Engels). 2. Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (William Cronon). 3. The Urban Process Under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis (David Harvey). 4.. An Introduction to the Information Age (Manuel Castells). 5. Metropolis: From the Division of Labor to Urban Form (Allen J. Scott). 6. The Economic Base of Contemporary Cities (Ash Amin). 7. The Making of Global City Regions: Mumbai: the Mega-City of a Poor Country (Sujata Patel). 8. Urban Political Ecology, Justice and the Politics of Scale (Erik Swyngedouw and Nikolas C. Heynen). 9. Moving Cities: Rethinking the Materialities of Urban Geographies (Alan Latham and Derek P. McCormack). Part II: Mobilities: Introducing Mobilities10. The Metropolis and Mental Life (Georg Simmel). 11. The Practice of Everyday Life (Michel de Certeau). 12. The Arcades Project (Walter Benjamin). 13. The Global City: Introducing a Concept (Sakia Sassen). 14. Postborder Cities, Postborder World: The Rise of Bajalta California (Michael Dear and Héctor Manuel Lucero). 15. Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger (Arjun Appadurai) 16. Connections (John Urry). 17. Driving in the City (Nigel Thrift). 18. Urban Transport in Chinese Cities: The Impact on the Urban Poor (Zhong-Ren Peng and Yi Zhu). Part III: Division and Difference: Introducing Division and Difference 19. The Continuing Causes of Segregation (Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton). 20. The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy (William Julius Wilson). 21. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Mike Davis). 22. After Tompkins Square Park: Degentrification and the Revanchist City (Neil Smith). 23. The S.U.V. Model of Citizenship: Floating Bubbles, Buffer Zones, and the Rise of the "Purely Atomic" Individual (Don Mitchell). 24. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Michel Foucault). 25. The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference (Iris Marion Young). 26. City A/Genders (Sophie Watson). 27. Building Gay Neighborhood Enclaves: the Village and Harlem (George Chauncey). Part IV: Urban Publics and Urban Cultures: Introducing Urban Publics and Urban Cultures. 28. The Public Realm (Richard Sennett). 29. Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs). 30. China Urban: Health, Wealth and the Good Life (Nancy N. Chen). 31. Spatializing Culture: the Social Construction. of Public Space in Costa Rica (Setha M. Low). 32. Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World (Sharon Zukin). 33. City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London (Judith R. Walkowitz). 34. Homo Palpitans: Balzac’s Novels and Urban Personality (Franco Moretti). 35. Writing the City (Peter Preston and Paul Simpson-Housley). 36. Imagining the Modern City: Light in Dark Spaces (James Donald). Part V: Urban Politics and Planning: Introducing Urban Politics and Planning. 37. The Growth of the City (Ernest W. Burgess). 38. The City of Tomorrow and its Planning (Le Corbusier). 39. The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília (James Holston). 40. Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-economy (Anthony D. King). 41. Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis (Edward W. Soja). 42. How to Study Urban Political Power (John Hull Mollenkopf). 43. Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place (John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch). 44. New Directions in Planning Theory (Susan S. Fainstein). 45. Cities and the Geographies of "Actually Existing Neoliberalism (Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore). 46. China’s Urban Transition: Backward into the Future (John Friedmann). 47. Planning the Competitive City-Region: The Emergence of Strategic Development Plan in China (Fulong Wu and Jingxing Zhang). Index.
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