Life In The Megalopolis

Author : Lucia Sa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317595199

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Life in the Megalopolis by Lucia Sa Pdf

The modern metropolis has been called 'the symbol of our times', and life in it epitomizes, for many, modernity itself. But what to make of inherited ideas of modernity when faced with life in Mexico City and São Paulo, two of the largest metropolises in the world? Is their fractured reality, their brutal social contrasts, and the ever-escalating violence faced by their citizens just an intensification of what Engels described in the first in-depth analysis of an industrial metropolis, nineteenth century Manchester? Or have post-industrial and neo-globalized economies given rise to new forms of urban existence in the so-called developing world? Life in the Megalopolis: Mexico City and São Paulo investigates how such questions are explored in cultural productions from these two Latin American megalopolises, the focus being on literature, film popular music, and visual arts. This book combines close readings of works with a constant reference to theoretical, anthropological and social studies of these two cities, and builds on received definitions of the concept megalopolis Life in the Megalopolis is the first book to combine urban-studies theories (particularly Lefebvre, Harvey, and de Certeau) with Benjaminian cultural analyses, and theoretical discussions with close-readings of recent cultural works in various media. It is also the first book to compare Mexico City and São Paulo.

Author : Lauchlin Currie
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483136189

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Taming the Megalopolis by Lauchlin Currie Pdf

Taming the Megalopolis: A Design for Urban Growth is a stimulating and provocative text that identifies the imminent problems of human settlement in large emerging cities in developing countries with mixed economies and their possible solution. The book is a written expression of an expert's view on the problem of human settlement that aims to raise discussions, from concerned policymakers, on the identification of the problems and inciting proposals for solutions to the growing problem of human settlement in large emerging cities. The text is divided in two parts: Urban Problems and Solutions. The first part provides the basic definition and aspects of urbanization and the identification of problems of human settlement in urbanized areas. Part II introduces possible measures to solve the problems of urbanization, such as changing the design of metropolitan areas; maintaining ownership in public corporations; capturing rise in land values; and securing relatively full employment for urban workers. Economists, sociologists, urban planners and policymakers, engineers and designers, and people affected by the problems of urbanization will find this book invaluable.

Author : Theo Barker,Anthony Sutcliffe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349230518

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Megalopolis: The Giant City in History by Theo Barker,Anthony Sutcliffe Pdf

This book follows the evolution of the very large city across the world from its origins in Ancient times to its current dominant position in both the industrialised world and the Third World. In-depth studies are devoted to the key giant cities of human history at decisive points in their growth. The case-studies include Rome, London, Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Bangkok and Berlin. Additional studies deal with the general characteristics of the megalopolis, stressing its implications for cultural life.

Author : Gail Simone
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781506700496

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Leaving Megalopolis: Surviving Megalopolis by Gail Simone Pdf

Fan-favorite creators Gail Simone (Batgirl, Deadpool) and J. Calafiore (Secret Six, Exiles) return to the city whose citizens are hunted, not by villains, but by heroes! The survivors of Leaving Megalopolis reluctantly return to the doomed city still under the control of formerly beloved superheroes, now turned brutal killers on a rescue mission straight into the heart of madness! Get in on the ground floor of this critically acclaimed series, and see what happens when the good guys go very, very bad. Collects issues 1-6 of the nail-biting series. Praise for the first volume of Leaving Megalopolis: "If this first volume is any indication, Simone and Calafiore both have a bright future, full of the guts and glory we've all come to love from them, in creator-owned comics." -Comicosity

Author : John R Short
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136527463

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Liquid City by John R Short Pdf

Megalopolis was the name given to a Peloponnesian city that was founded around 371- 368 BCE. Though planned on a grand scale, the city failed to realize the dreams of the founders, and it declined by the late Roman period. In 1957, the renowned geographer Jean Gottman applied the term in his description of the densely populated area of the northeastern United States that includes the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. Liquid City is the first book to examine the social, economic, and demographic changes that have taken place in Megalopolis over the past fifty years. Nearly one in six Americans live in the modern Megalopolis, making it one of the largest city regions in the world. John Rennie Short juxtaposes Gottman's work with his own examination, providing a comprehensive assessment of the region's evolution. Particularly important are his use of 2000 Census data and his discussions of sources of identity, unity, and fragmentation in Megalopolis. Emphasizing the fluid, variable character of Megalopolis, this clear and accessible book focuses on five aspects of change: population redistribution from cities to suburbs; economic restructuring; immigration; patterns of racial/ethnic segregation; and the processes of globalization that have made one of the world's most influential economies.

Author : Glen David Kuecker,Alejandro Puga
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1498559786

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Mapping the Megalopolis by Glen David Kuecker,Alejandro Puga Pdf

Mapping the Megalopolis is an interdisciplinary collection of 10 chapters on contemporary Mexico City. Through topics such as the privatization of public space and challenges to existing conceptualizations of the urban form, this book explores the order and disorder that constitute the city in its social, political, and aesthetic manifestations.

Author : David Goldberg,Thornicroft Graham
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317840886

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Mental Health In Our Future Cities by David Goldberg,Thornicroft Graham Pdf

Across the world, cities are becoming larger, as populations drift from the country into urban areas. At the same time, the mentally ill are leaving the mental hospitals and new forms of care are being found in the community. The best ways in which services for the mentally ill can be organized in the community is still a matter for debate, and as cities become larger problems may become greater.; This text compares mental health services in London with those in Amsterdam, Baltimore, Bangalore, Copenhagen, Kobe, Madison, Porto Alegre, Sydney, Teheran and Verona. It describes arrangements that work in practice, and includes some of the ideas and practices in mental health services.

Author : Harry Redner
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781412849227

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Beyond Civilization by Harry Redner Pdf

For Harry Redner, the phrase “beyond civilization” refers to the new and unprecedented condition the world is now entering—specifically, the condition commonly known as globalization. Redner approaches globalization from the perspective of history and seeks to interpret it in relation to previous key stages of human development. His account begins with the Axial Age (700–300 BC) and proceeds through Modernity (after AD 1500) to the present global condition. What is globalization doing to civilization? In answering this question, Redner studies the role played by capitalism, the state, science and technology. He aims to show that they have had a catalytic impact on civilization through their reductive effect on society, culture, and individualism. However, Redner is not content to diagnose the ills of civilization; he also suggests how they might be ameliorated by cultural conservation. Above all, it is to the problem of decline in the higher forms of literacy that he addresses himself, for it is on the culture of the book that previous civilizations were founded. This study will be of interest to sociologists, historians, and social and political theorists. Its style makes it accessible also to general readers, interested in civilization past, present, and future.

Author : Celeste Olalquiaga
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816619999

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Megalopolis by Celeste Olalquiaga Pdf

Author : Susan Hanson
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813523575

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Ten Geographic Ideas that Changed the World by Susan Hanson Pdf

In these thought-provoking, witty essays, some of America's most distinguished geographers explore ten geographic ideas that have literally changed the world and the way we think and act. They tackle ideas that impose shape on the world, ideas that mold our understanding of the natural environment, and ideas that establish relationships between people and places. The contributors, who include several past presidents of the Association of American Geographers, members of the National Academy of Sciences, and authors of major works in the discipline, are: Elizabeth K. Burns, Patricia Gober, Anne Godlewska, Michael F. Goodchild, Susan Hanson, Robert W. Kates, John R. Mather, William B. Meyer, Mark Monmonier, Edward Relph, Edward J. Taaffe, and B. L. Turner, II.

Author : Pranay Gupte
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780670085170

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Dubai by Pranay Gupte Pdf

In just two decades, Dubai has reinvented itself from a small, poor and quiet fishing village to a dazzling city with a vibrant urban life. How did this happen? Home to more than 200 nationalities particularly those from the Indian subcontinent the emirate's choice to welcome expatriates has paid off. Cultivating an open and welcoming culture, Dubai manages to attract people from all over the world, heartily embracing any entrepreneurial contribution they wish to make. The emirate is now also known for its cosmopolitan melting-pot culture, and its enabling environment to conduct business, and this, along with the tax-free system and hassle-free infrastructure, makes it a much sought- after site for multinational enterprises who want a base in Asia. Unlike the Gulf emirates that can count on petroleum wealth, Dubai has wound its way to prosperity by planning carefully and executing those plans methodically. Its airline and luxury construction have made it a popular destination for luxury tourism. Projects like the Burj al-Arab, the Palm Jumeriah and the Burj Khalifa, along with events like the world's richest horserace the Dubai World Cup and the Dubai Shopping Festival, have sustained tourist interest and focused the world's attention on the emirate.

Author : Ferenc Hörcher
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793610836

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The Political Philosophy of the European City by Ferenc Hörcher Pdf

The Political Philosophy of the European City is a courageous and wide-ranging panorama of the political life and thought of the European city. Its novel hypothesis is that modern Western political thought, since the time of Hobbes and Locke, underestimated the political significance and value of the community of urban citizens, called ‘civitas’, united by local customs, or even a formal or informal urban constitution at a certain location, which had a recognizable countenance, with natural and man-made, architectural marks, called ‘urbs’. Recalling the golden age of the European city in ancient Greece and Rome, and offering a detailed description of its turbulent life in the Renaissance Italian city-states, it makes a case for the city not only as a hotbed of modern democracy, but also as a remedy for some of the distortions of political life in the alienated contemporary, centralized, Weberian bureaucratic state. Overcoming the north-south divide, or the core and periphery partition, the book’s material is particularly rich in Central European case studies. All in all, it is an enjoyable read which offers sound arguments to revisit the offer of the small and middle-sized European town, in search of a more sustainable future for Europe.

Author : Michael Witherick,Celia Tidmarsh
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0435356208

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Japan by Michael Witherick,Celia Tidmarsh Pdf

This comprehensive book presents a series of case studies for Japan as well as a revision section to help your students achieve the best grade possible. Teachers will also find this book useful for support at Key Stage 3.

Author : Simon Goldhill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0521030870

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Being Greek Under Rome by Simon Goldhill Pdf

This book explores the cultural conflicts of the second-century CE Roman Empire, through the perspective of Greek writings. The specially commissioned essays investigate the intellectual and social tensions in the era which gave rise to Christianity.

Author : Plutarchus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1771
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z164962306

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Plutarch's Lives by Plutarchus Pdf