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Book SynopsisThe majority of the world's population now live in cities, nearly a quarter of which boast populations of one million or more. The rise of globalisation has granted cities unprecedented significance, both politically and economically, leading to benefits and problems at national and international levels. The
Handbook of Emerging 21st-Century Cities explores the changes that are occurring in cities, and the impacts that they are having, at the local, national and global scale.
Bringing together voices from around the world, this Handbook provides an interdisciplinary view of the changes that are happening in emerging cities, examining a range of topics from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. With chapters covering changes in urban economies, social dynamics, and emerging technology this Handbook radically rethinks the dynamics of cities in the 21st century, including those in the global south.
The Handbook of Emerging 21st-Century Cities is an important addition to the literature, and is a useful resource for students of geography, economics, sociology, anthropology and urban planning. Its insights will also be of value for public administrators and urban planners, and anyone else whose work impacts on, or is impacted by, cities.
Contributors include: R. Aijaz, K. Archer, K. Bezdecny, R. Bower, M.M. Brannon, P. Carmody, Y.-w. Chu, B. Coffyn Mitchell, E. Fekete, R. Ghadge, R. Grant, L.A. Herzog, W.G. Holt, D. Honnery, A. Jansson, O.A. K'Akumu, M. Klausen, J. Lauermann, P. Moriarty, J.T. Murphy, A.C. Oner, F. Owusu, B. Pasin, V. Peiteado Fernandez, J. Richardson, C. Saldana, B. Warf, P.D.A. Wood
Trade Review‘... the book is one of the few contributions I know of which offers a sincerely cosmopolitan geography of knowledge on cities. It avoids categories such as North and South as it moves in changing directions across the regions of the world (although with Eurasia as a gap). Secondly, the book returns attention to emerging city forms and processes.’ -- Philip Harrison, Eurasian Geography and Economics
'This superb Handbook revolves around what the meaning of the term 'city' might be in the 21st century. In this urban century, this is indeed the pre-eminent question and this book incisively dissects the multiplicity of processes that animate and structure this century's urbanity. A must read for all students and lovers of the city.' --Erik Swyngedouw, The University of Manchester, UK
’The Handbook of Emerging 21st Century Cities is comprised of well written and timely chapters that can be useful for undergraduate or graduate courses in urban planning, public policy and geography. It is also a useful resource for scholars or economic development professional to have on their bookshelf. The book is a long and sometimes dense read, but well worth the time.’ -- Marie Howland, Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Conceptualizing the Emerging 21st Century City Kris Bezdecny and Kevin Archer Part I Emerging City Theory 2. Strategic simplification and the urban politics of defining ‘the city’ John Lauermann 3. Creating environmentally sustainable cities: not an easy task Patrick Moriarty and Damon Honnery 4. Antifragility and the Transformative Idea of Slow Urbanism Richard Bower 5. Uneven geographical development and the city: Conceptualizing the fractalization of space Kris Bezdecny Part II Cities as spaces of emerging power 6. China’s New Urbanization Plan: crafting China’s new cities or more of the cliché? Yin-wah Chu 7. The Impact of China on African Cities: Potentials for Development James T. Murphy, Pádraig Carmody, Richard Grant and Francis Owusu 8. Quality of Life in Indian Cities Rumi Aijaz 9. Emerging Digital Cities of East Asia: Seoul, Singapore and Shanghai Barney Warf Part III Cities as Spaces of Emerging Economies 10. Mega Urban Developments in the Arabian Peninsula for a Post-Oil Future Burkay Pasin and Asli Ceylan Oner 11. Urbanization of Poverty: The African City’s Challenge of the Century Owiti A. K’Akumu 12. Planned to Fail: Creating the Global South in American South Communities William G. Holt 13. The U.S.-Mexico Transfrontier Metropolis: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations Lawrence A. Herzog Part IV Cities of Emerging Social Dynamics 14. Inclusive Growth and the Urban Question: Some Lessons from Asia Ravi Ghadge 15. The institutionalization of the right to the city: The Spanish case Vítor Peiteado Fernández 16. Border cities: urban growth and planning at the national periphery Peter D. A. Wood 17. Loftification: The Refurbished Gentrification Dynamic Christiana Saldana Part V Cities as Spaces of Emerging Technologies 18. Data-driven Divides: Smart Cities and Techno-racial Segregation Monica M. Brannon 19. Urban Renewal in the Hybrid City: Using Data for Development Emily Fekete 20. Applying Critical Cartography Redress Urban Disinvestment and Financial Access for Communities Jason Richardson and Bruce Coffyn Mitchell 21. The Spreadable City: Urban Exploration and Connective Media André Jansson and Maja Klausen Index
