Cities And Space

Author : Prof David Herbert,Dr Colin Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134089413

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Cities In Space by Prof David Herbert,Dr Colin Thomas Pdf

This is the third major revision of a text first published in 1982 with the title Urban Geography: A First Approach and in 1990 as Cities in Space: City as Place. The study of urban geography remains an important part of the geographical curriculum both in schools and in higher education. This book analyses life in an urban society and in a world which is being transformed by the processes of urbanization: to study urban geography is to study environments and phenomena significant to our everyday lives. This is an introductory text which aims to present both more traditional and newer approaches to urban geography in an accessible and educational way.

Author : Lowdon Wingo Jr.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134000586

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Cities and Space by Lowdon Wingo Jr. Pdf

Discusses aims of urban planning and ways to achieve improved city living. Originally published in 1963

Author : Fabrizio Nevola,David Rosenthal,Nicholas Terpstra
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000554953

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Hidden Cities by Fabrizio Nevola,David Rosenthal,Nicholas Terpstra Pdf

This groundbreaking collection explores the convergence of the spatial and digital turns through a suite of smartphone apps (Hidden Cities) that present research-led itineraries in early modern cities as public history. The Hidden Cities apps have expanded from an initial case example of Renaissance Florence to a further five historic European cities. This collection considers how the medium structures new methodologies for site-based historical research, while also providing a platform for public history experiences that go beyond typical heritage priorities. It also presents guidelines for user experience design that reconciles the interests of researchers and end users. A central section of the volume presents the underpinning original scholarship that shapes the locative app trails, illustrating how historical research can be translated into public-facing work. The final section examines how history, delivered in the format of geolocated apps, offers new opportunities for collaboration and innovation: from the creation of museums without walls, connecting objects in collections to their original settings, to informing decision-making in city tourism management. Hidden Cities is a valuable resource for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars across a variety of disciplines including urban history, public history, museum studies, art and architecture, and digital humanities. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Amira Osman
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781928523659

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Cities, Space and Power by Amira Osman Pdf

The scholarly purpose of this manuscript is to provide a resource for academics and researchers looking into cities, space and power in emerging economies. It also takes into consideration the relationship between emerging economies and developing contexts, as well as the lessons that may be shared between them. This book presents a unique perspective and aims to highlight issues not addressed much in writing on the built environment. Based on substantiation and references to numerous other sources and authors, alternative theoretical frameworks for the study of the built environment are developed. This is a very relevant contribution at this time, especially as cities will most probably go through transformations in the post-COVID-19 era. Our first line of defense against this public health crisis will be in areas of poverty, with people who have generally been excluded and urban practices that have been undocumented or labeled as informal. The main thesis of the manuscript is that space and power are strongly linked in cities. The research results prevalent in the book are original, and while the authors consult widely across disciplines, the themes are firmly rooted in the built environment fields – with a focus on the architectural discipline.

Author : Cheryl Teelucksingh
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780889204997

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Claiming Space by Cheryl Teelucksingh Pdf

Claiming Space: Racialization in Canadian Cities critically examines the various ways in which Canadian cities continue to be racialized despite objective evidence of racial diversity and the dominant ideology of multiculturalism. Contributors consider how spatial conditions in Canadian cities are simultaneously part of, and influenced by, racial domination and racial resistance. Reflecting on the ways in which race is systematically hidden within the workings of Canadian cities, the book also explores the ways in which racialized people attempt to claim space. These essays cover a diverse range of Canadian urban spaces and various racial groups, as well as the intersection of ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. Linking themes include issues related to subjectivity and space; the importance of new space that arises by challenging the dominant ideology of multiculturalism; and the relationship between diasporic identities and claims to space.

Author : Scott McQuire,Sun Wei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367516489

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Communicative Cities and Urban Space by Scott McQuire,Sun Wei Pdf

Communicative Cities and Urban Space addresses major changes occurring across both cities and communication studies. It seeks to understand the situatedness of contemporary communication practices in diverse contexts of urban life, and to explore digitized urban space as an historically specific communicative environment.

Author : Jeffrey Hou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136988028

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Insurgent Public Space by Jeffrey Hou Pdf

Winner of the EDRA book prize for 2012. In cities around the world, individuals and groups are reclaiming and creating urban sites, temporary spaces and informal gathering places. These ‘insurgent public spaces’ challenge conventional views of how urban areas are defined and used, and how they can transform the city environment. No longer confined to traditional public areas like neighbourhood parks and public plazas, these guerrilla spaces express the alternative social and spatial relationships in our changing cities. With nearly twenty illustrated case studies, this volume shows how instances of insurgent public space occur across the world. Examples range from community gardening in Seattle and Los Angeles, street dancing in Beijing, to the transformation of parking spaces into temporary parks in San Francisco. Drawing on the experiences and knowledge of individuals extensively engaged in the actual implementation of these spaces, Insurgent Public Space is a unique cross-disciplinary approach to the study of public space use, and how it is utilized in the contemporary, urban world. Appealing to professionals and students in both urban studies and more social courses, Hou has brought together valuable commentaries on an area of urbanism which has, up until now, been largely ignored.

Author : Anthony M. Orum,Krista E. Paulsen,Xiangming Chen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118261286

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Introduction to Cities by Anthony M. Orum,Krista E. Paulsen,Xiangming Chen Pdf

A complete introduction to the history, evolution, and future of the modern city, this book covers a wide range of theory, including the significance of space and place, to provide a balanced account of why cities are an essential part of the global human experience. Covers a wide range of theoretical approaches to the city, from the historical to the cutting edge Emphasizes the important themes of space and place Offers a balanced account of cities and offers extensive coverage including urban inequality, environment and sustainability, and methods for studying the city Takes a global approach, with examples from Berlin and Chicago to Shanghai and Mumbai Includes a range of pedagogical features such as a substantial glossary of key terms, critical thinking questions, suggestions for further reading and a range of innovative textboxes which follow the themes of Exploring Further, Studying the City and Making the City Better Extensively illustrated with maps, charts, tables, and over 80 photographs Accompanied by a comprehensive student companion site featuring a list of relevant journals, a guide to useful web resources, and an annotated documentary film guide, alongside a useful instructor companion site with further examples, case studies, and discussion and essay questions; instructors will find a link to the instructor website on the student website at www.wiley.com/go/cities

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367520214

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Contentious Cities by Anonim Pdf

Grounded in feminist and queer methods, this book offers unique interdisciplinary approaches to understanding gendered spatial equity in the urban environment, exploring the means by which design-tactics might affect the ways in which women and people of diverse gender and sexual identity inhabit, occupy and move through urban space.

Author : Xiangming Chen,Anthony M. Orum,Krista E. Paulsen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119167716

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Introduction to Cities by Xiangming Chen,Anthony M. Orum,Krista E. Paulsen Pdf

The revised and updated second edition of Introduction to Cities explores 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 Cities examines the study of cities through two central concepts: that cities are places, where people live, form communities, and establish their own identities, and that they are spaces, such as the inner city and the suburb, that offer a way to configure and shape the material world and natural environment. Introduction to Cities covers 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 with updated maps, charts, tables, and photographs. This new edition also includes a new section on urban planning as well as new chapters on cities as contested spaces, exploring power and politics in an urban context. It contains; information on the status of poor and marginalized groups and the impact of neoliberal policies; material on gender and sexuality; and presents a greater range of geographies with more attention to European, Latin American, and African cities. Revised and updated, Introduction to Cities provides a complete introduction to the history, evolution, and future of our modern cities.

Author : Somaiyeh Falahat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317916635

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Cities and Metaphors by Somaiyeh Falahat Pdf

Introducing a new concept of urban space, Cities and Metaphors encourages a theoretical realignment of how the city is experienced, thought and discussed. In the context of ‘Islamic city’ studies, relying on reasoning and rational thinking has reduced descriptive, vivid features of the urban space into a generic scientific framework. Phenomenological characteristics have consequently been ignored rather than integrated into theoretical components. The book argues that this results from a lack of appropriate conceptual vocabulary in our global body of scholarly literature. It challenges existing theories, introduces and applies the concept of Hezar-tu (‘a thousand insides’) to rethink the spaces in historic cores of Fez, Isfahan and Tunis. This tool constructs a staging post towards a different articulation of urban space based on spatial, physical, virtual, symbolic and social edges and thresholds; nodes of sociospatial relationships; zones of containment; state of intermediacy; and, thus, a logic of ambiguity rather than determinacy. Presenting alternative narrations of paths through sequential discovery of spaces, this book brings the sensual features of urban space into the focus. The book finally shows that concepts derived from local contexts enable us to tailor our methods and theoretical structures to the idiosyncrasies of each city while retaining the global commonalities of all. Hence, in broader terms, it contributes to a growing awareness that urban studies should be more inclusive by bringing the diverse global contexts of cities into the body of our urban knowledge.

Author : Johanna Lilius
Publisher : Contemporary City
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9811342989

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Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood by Johanna Lilius Pdf

Author : Frank Gaffikin,Mike Morrissey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781444393194

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Planning in Divided Cities by Frank Gaffikin,Mike Morrissey Pdf

Does planning in contested cities inadvertedly make the divisions worse? The 60s and 70s saw a strong role of planning, social engineering, etc but there has since been a move towards a more decentralised ‘community planning’ approach. The book examines urban planning and policy in the context of deeply contested space, where place identity and cultural affinities are reshaping cities. Throughout the world, contentions around identity and territory abound, and in Britain, this problem has found recent expression in debates about multiculturalism and social cohesion. These issues are most visible in the urban arena, where socially polarised communities co-habit cities also marked by divided ethnic loyalties. The relationship between the two is complicated by the typical pattern that social disadvantage is disproportionately concentrated among ethnic groups, who also experience a social and cultural estrangement, based on religious or racial identity. Navigating between social exclusion and community cohesion is essential for the urban challenges of efficient resource use, environmental enhancement, and the development of a flourishing economy. The book addresses planning in divided cities in a UK and international context, examining cities such as Chicago, hyper-segregated around race, and Jerusalem, acting as a crucible for a wider conflict. The first section deals with concepts and theories, examining the research literature and situating the issue within the urban challenges of competitiveness and inclusion. Section 2 covers collaborative planning and identifies models of planning, policy and urban governance that can operate in contested space. Section 3 presents case studies from Belfast, Chicago and Jerusalem, examining both the historical/contemporary features of these cities and their potential trajectories. The final section offers conclusions and ways forward, drawing the lessons for creating shared space in a pluralist cities and addressing cohesion and multiculturalism. • Addresses important contemporary issue of social cohesion vs. urban competitiveness • focus on impact of government policies will appeal to practitioners in urban management, local government and regeneration • Examines role of planning in cities worldwide divided by religion, race, socio-economic, etc • Explores debate about contested space in urban policy and planning • Identifies models for understanding contested spaces in cities as a way of improving effectiveness of government policy

Author : Christoph Lindner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134212415

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Urban Space and Cityscapes by Christoph Lindner Pdf

From the verticals of New York, Hong Kong and Singapore to the sprawls of London, Paris and Jakarta, this interdisciplinary volume of new writing examines constructions, representations, imaginations and theorizations of 'cityscapes' in modern and contemporary culture. With specially-commissioned essays from the fields of cultural theory, architecture, film, literature, visual art and urban geography, it offers fresh insight into the increasingly complex relationship between urban space, cultural production and everyday life. This volume draws on critical urban studies and moves beyond familiar cultural representations of the city by considering urban planning and architecture. Organized under three inter-related themes - image, text and form - essay topics range from the examination of cyberpunk skylines, pagan urbanism and the cinema of urban disaster, to the analysis of iconic city landmarks such as the twin towers, the London Eye and the Judisches Museum Berlin. Covering a diverse range of cities, including Berlin, Chicago, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Paris, and Venice, this fantastic resource for students, scholars and researchers alike, works expertly at the intersections of visual, material, and literary culture.

Author : Prof David Herbert,Dr Colin Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134089345

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Cities In Space by Prof David Herbert,Dr Colin Thomas Pdf

This is the third major revision of a text first published in 1982 with the title Urban Geography: A First Approach and in 1990 as Cities in Space: City as Place. The study of urban geography remains an important part of the geographical curriculum both in schools and in higher education. This book analyses life in an urban society and in a world which is being transformed by the processes of urbanization: to study urban geography is to study environments and phenomena significant to our everyday lives. This is an introductory text which aims to present both more traditional and newer approaches to urban geography in an accessible and educational way.