{"product_id":"cities-in-relations-9781118632819","title":"Cities in Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCities in Relations\u003c\/i\u003e advances a novel way of thinking about urban transformation by focusing on transnational relations in the least developed countries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the last 20 years of urban development in Hanoi, Vietnam, and inOuagadougou, Burkina Faso\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the ways in which a city's relationships with other places influences its urban development\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides fresh ideas for comparative urban studies that move beyond discussions of economic and policy factors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers aclear and concise narrative accompanied by more than 45 photos and maps\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This would be especially valuable in continuing the study of urban developments in the post-communist environment.”  (\u003ci\u003eGeographica Helvetica\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Figures vii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Tables x\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcronyms xi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Comparing Cities in Relations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelating Hanoi, Ouagadougou … and Palermo 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief Introduction to Two Distant Cousins 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorld-city Research Beyond the West 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelational Geographies 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparing Cities 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Structure of the Book 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Trajectories of Urban Change in Two Ordinary Cities 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegime Change in Hanoi and Ouagadougou 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForms of Relatedness 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Transnational Policy Relations 60\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMobile Planners and City Networks 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcrete and Paper in Hanoi’s Urban Development 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOuagadougou’s Competing Worlds of Policy Relations 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Public Space Policies on the Move 92\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Repertoire of Translocal Connections 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Space: Understandings, Practices and Things 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslocal Connections and Public Space Policy in the Making 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Translocal Connections 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraveling Participation and Public Space Design 110\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Connecting to Circuits of Architectural Design 120\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStretched Geographies of Design 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCircuits of Architectural Design in Hanoi and Ouagadougou 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHanoi: Design Spaces of an Emerging Economy 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOuagadougou: Architectures of Development 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrounding Design 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Transnational Learning Processes and “Banal” Nationalism 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 On Road Interchanges and Shopping Malls: What Traveling Types Do 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernization as Morality and Power 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernization Through Ouagadougou’s Built Environment 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStaging New Social Identities in Hanoi’s Shopping Malls 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: For a Politics of Urban Relatedness 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparing Processes, Worlds of Relations, and Relational Effects 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Evolving Relational Worlds of Cities 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Assets-based Politics of Relatedness 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences 181\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 196\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default 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