Capital Cities Varieties And Patterns Of Development And Relocation

Author : Vadim Rossman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317562856

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Capital Cities: Varieties and Patterns of Development and Relocation by Vadim Rossman Pdf

The issue of capital city relocation is a topic of debate for more than forty countries across the world. In this first book to discuss the issue, Vadim Rossman offers an in-depth analysis of the subject, highlighting the global trends and the key factors that motivate different countries to consider such projects, analyzing the outcomes and drawing lessons from recent capital city transfers worldwide for governments and policy-makers. Capital Cities studies the approaches and the methodologies that inform such decisions and debates. Special attention is given to the study of the universal patterns of relocation and patterns specific to particular continents and mega-regions and particular political regimes. The study emphasizes the role of capital city transfers in the context of nation- and state-building and offers a new framework for thinking about capital cities, identifying six strategies that drive these decisions, representing the economic, political, geographic, cultural and security considerations. Confronting the popular hyper-critical attitudes towards new designed capital cities, Vadim Rossman shows the complex motives that underlie the proposals and the important role that new capitals might play in conflict resolution in the context of ethnic, religious and regional rivalries and federalist transformations of the state, and is seeking to identify the success and failure factors and more efficient implementation strategies. Drawing upon the insights from spatial economics, comparative federalist studies, urban planning and architectural criticism, the book also traces the evolution of the concept of the capital city, showing that the design, iconography and the location of the capital city play a critical role in the success and the viability of the state.

Author : Robert W. Orttung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429759789

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Capital Cities and Urban Sustainability by Robert W. Orttung Pdf

Capital Cities and Urban Sustainability examines how capital cities use their unique hub resources to develop and disseminate innovative policy solutions to promote sustainability. Cities are taking a leading role in defining a sustainable future at a time when national, state, and regional governments in several countries do not provide sufficient leadership. Capital cities stand out among cities as likely leading drivers in the effort to empower sustainable innovation as they provide a hub for connecting a variety of key constituencies. While acknowledging the successes capital cities have achieved, the international, multi-disciplinary contributors to this work discuss how there is room to do more and improve. The promotion of specific sustainability policies in crucial areas such as clean water provision, high tech innovation, public procurement contracting, and improving flood control in capital cities is examined through various global case studies. The examples range from relatively rich capital cities, such as Copenhagen, where the well-financed hub would be expected to succeed in generating sustainable policies, to poorer cities such as Phnom Penh, where such an optimistic outcome can seem less likely.

Author : Pojani, Dorina
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839100444

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Trophy Cities by Pojani, Dorina Pdf

Offering a fresh perspective, this timely book analyzes the socio-cultural and physical production of planned capital cities through the theoretical lens of feminism. Dorina Pojani evaluates the historical, spatial and symbolic manifestations of new capital cities, as well as the everyday experiences of those living there, to shed light on planning processes, outcomes and contemporary planning issues.

Author : Heike Mayer,Fritz Sager,David Kaufmann,Martin Warland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134795789

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The Political Economy of Capital Cities by Heike Mayer,Fritz Sager,David Kaufmann,Martin Warland Pdf

Capital cities that are not the dominant economic centers of their nations – so-called ‘secondary capital cities’ (SCCs) – tend to be overlooked in the fields of economic geography and political science. Yet, capital cities play an important role in shaping the political, economic, social and cultural identity of a nation. As the seat of power and decision-making, capital cities represent a nation’s identity not only through their symbolic architecture but also through their economies and through the ways in which they position themselves in national urban networks. The Political Economy of Capital Cities aims to address this gap by presenting the dynamics that influence policy and economic development in four in-depth case studies examining the SCCs of Bern, Ottawa, The Hague and Washington, D.C. In contrast to traditional accounts of capital cities, this book conceptualizes the modern national capital as an innovation-driven economy influenced by national, local and regional actors. Nationally, overarching trends in the direction of outsourcing and tertiarization of the public-sector influence the fate of capital cities. Regional policymakers in all four of the highlighted cities leverage the presence of national government agencies and stimulate the economy by way of various locational policy strategies. While accounting for their secondary status, this book illustrates how capital-city actors such as firms, national, regional and local governments, policymakers and planning practitioners are keenly aware of the unique status of their city. The conclusion provides practical recommendations for policymakers in SCCs and highlights ways in which they can help to promote economic development.

Author : Julia M Lau,Athiqah Nur Alami,Siwage Dharma Negara,Yanuar Nugroho
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789815104233

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The Road to Nusantara: Process, Challenges and Opportunities by Julia M Lau,Athiqah Nur Alami,Siwage Dharma Negara,Yanuar Nugroho Pdf

The collective research effort of senior and junior scholars from Indonesia and beyond, The Road to Nusantara: Process, Challenges and Opportunities examines the political, economic, socio-cultural, security and environmental implications of President Joko Widodo’s historic plan to move Indonesia’s national capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, East Kalimantan. This volume will be of interest to policymakers, Indonesia’s neighbours near and far, prospective investors, and students of Indonesia who wish to understand the complex challenges underlying this megaproject. "The chapters in this book are important contributions to the study of Indonesia today …. Ground-breaking and meticulously documented using post-independence archival material and contemporary essays on new capitals …. Essential reading for a better understanding of the impetus behind Nusantara, made even more critical as the future of Nusantara hangs in the balance.” -- Edward Lee Kwong Foo, Chairman of Indofood Agri Resources Ltd and former Singapore’s Ambassador to Indonesia, 1994–2006

Author : Göran Therborn
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784785468

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Cities of Power by Göran Therborn Pdf

In this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes, leading sociologist Gran Therborn offers a tour of the world's major capital cities, and the forces that have shaped them. Through a global, historical lens, and with a thematic range extending from the mutations of modernist architecture to the contemporary return of urban revolutions, Therborn questions received assumptions about the source, manifestations and reach of urban power, combining perspectives on politics, sociology, urban planning, architecture, and urban iconography. With its unique systematic overview, from Washington DC and revolutionary Paris to the flamboyant twenty-first century capital of Kazakhstan, its wealth of urban observations from all the populated continents, and its sharp and multi-faceted analyses, Cities of Power forces us to rethink our urban future, as well as our historically shaped present.

Author : Walter Timo de Vries,Iwan Rudiarto,N.M.P. Milinda Piyasena
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000996456

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Geospatial Science for Smart Land Management by Walter Timo de Vries,Iwan Rudiarto,N.M.P. Milinda Piyasena Pdf

Responsible land distribution in Asia, with ever-increasing limitations in space, requires the use of smart technologies, sophisticated models, intelligent algorithms, and big data repositories. This book presents new land management perspectives and fit-for-purpose, flexible, dynamic, and effective solutions for land management and land administration problems. Written by global experts from different Asian countries, including China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, etc., all these cases demonstrate how and why the uptake of geospatial technologies is booming and how to handle land scarcity and competing spatial interests in both urban and rural areas in Asia. FEATURES Summarizes trends of geospatial technologies in Asia Describes and applies leading-edge geospatial models Explains fit-for-purpose digital land administration Provides case studies and examples that include the use of smart land management tools Helps readers advance their understanding of geospatial and land management science Truly an interdisciplinary book, this text is a practical guide for an array of readers, such as practitioners in public and private companies involved in both geospatial and land management applications, as well as graduate students, researchers, academics, and professionals working in land administration, land management, spatial planning, real estate studies, geosciences, geoinformatics, and geodesy.

Author : Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031412417

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National Integration and Rotational Presidency in Nigeria by Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi Pdf

​This book engages literature and opinions of politicians, opinion leaders, religious leaders, lawyers and researchers on national integration in Nigeria. In addition to rotational presidency, participants interviewed by the author also express views on other national integration measures in Nigeria. The monograph represents a critical work in the field, making a significant contribution to the so-far-lacking literature of fieldwork and scholarship on rotational presidency in Nigeria. The monograph will benefit scholars, researchers, peace and conflict experts, politicians, students and other stakeholders on how national integration can be cultivated and consolidated. Its focus on the Fourth Republic ensures its relevance to the management of political tussles inherent to rotating power in a developing and federal country such as Nigeria.

Author : Agatino Rizzo,Anindita Mandal
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800881075

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Predatory Urbanism by Agatino Rizzo,Anindita Mandal Pdf

Addressing the complex interrelationships between city making and the resources needed for its production, Predatory Urbanism explores the link between urbanization and resources in the global South. It particularly focuses on urban megaprojects, highlighting these planned developments and re-developments carried out by the state or state-linked agencies.

Author : Benna, Umar,Benna, Indo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781522526605

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Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic Growth in Developing Regions by Benna, Umar,Benna, Indo Pdf

The social and economic systems of any country are influenced by a range of factors. As the global population grows in developing nations, it has become essential to examine the effects of urbanization. Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic Growth in Developing Regions is a pivotal reference source for the latest research findings on the role of urban growth on the socio-economic infrastructures in developing regions. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant areas such as job creation, sustainability, and transportation planning, this publication is an ideal resource for city development planners, decision-makers, researchers, academics, and students interested in emerging perspectives on socio-economic development.

Author : David Kaufmann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788116435

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Varieties of Capital Cities by David Kaufmann Pdf

The political and symbolic centrality of capital cities has been challenged by increasing economic globalization. This is especially true of secondary capital cities; capital cities which, while being the seat of national political power, are not the primary economic city of their nation state. David Kaufmann examines the unique challenges that these cities face entering globalised, inter-urban competition while not possessing a competitive political economy.

Author : Ran Hirschl
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190922795

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City, State by Ran Hirschl Pdf

More than half of the world's population lives in cities; by 2050, it will be more than three quarters. Projections suggest that megacities of 50 million or even 100 million inhabitants will emerge by the end of the century, mostly in the Global South. This shift marks a major and unprecedented transformation of the organization of society, both spatially and geopolitically. Our constitutional institutions and imagination, however, have failed to keep pace with this new reality. Cities have remained virtually absent from constitutional law and constitutional thought, not to mention from comparative constitutional studies more generally. As the world is urbanizing at an extraordinary rate, this book argues, new thinking about constitutionalism and urbanization is desperately needed. In six chapters, the book considers the reasons for the "constitutional blind spot" concerning the metropolis, probes the constitutional relationship between states and (mega)cities worldwide, examines patterns of constitutional change and stalemate in city status, and aims to carve a new place for the city in constitutional thought, constitutional law and constitutional practice.

Author : Sami Moisio,Natalie Koch,Andrew E.G. Jonas,Christopher Lizotte
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788978057

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Handbook on the Changing Geographies of the State by Sami Moisio,Natalie Koch,Andrew E.G. Jonas,Christopher Lizotte Pdf

This authoritative Handbook presents a comprehensive analysis of the spatial transformation of the state; a pivotal process of globalization. It explores the state as an ongoing project that is always changing, illuminating the new spaces of geopolitics that arise from these political, social, cultural, and environmental negotiations.

Author : Ian Morley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429627859

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American Colonisation and the City Beautiful by Ian Morley Pdf

Winner of the 2020 IPHS Koos Bosma Prize American Colonisation and the City Beautiful explores the history of city planning and the evolution of the built environment in the Philippines between 1916 and 1935. In so doing, it highlights the activities of the Bureau of Public Works’ Division of Architecture as part of Philippine national development and decolonisation. Morley provides new archival materials which deliver significant insight into the dynamics associated with both governance and city planning during the American colonial era in the Philippines, with links between prominent American university educators and Filipino architecture students. The book discusses the two cities of Tayabas and Iloilo which highlight the significant role in the urban design of places beyond the typical historiographical focus of Manila and Baguio. These examples will aid in further understanding the appearance and meaning of Philippine cities during an important era in the nation’s history. Including numerous black and white images, this book is essential for academics, researchers and students of city and urban planning, the history and development of Southeast Asia and those interested in colonial relations.

Author : Pedro Henrique Campello Torres,Pedro Roberto Jacobi,Clara Irazabal
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889747924

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Urban Greening in the Global South: Green Gentrification and Beyond by Pedro Henrique Campello Torres,Pedro Roberto Jacobi,Clara Irazabal Pdf