Unsettled Urban Space

Author : Tihomir Viderman,Sabine Knierbein,Elina Kränzle,Sybille Frank,Nikolai Roskamm,Ed Wall
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000799637

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Unsettled Urban Space by Tihomir Viderman,Sabine Knierbein,Elina Kränzle,Sybille Frank,Nikolai Roskamm,Ed Wall Pdf

While urban life can be characterized by endeavors to settle stable and safe environments, for many people, urban space is rarely stable or safe; it is uncertain, troubled, imbued with challenges and perpetually under pressure. As the concept of unsettled appears to define the contemporary urban experience, this multidisciplinary book investigates the conflicts and possibilities of settling and unsettling through open and speculative analysis. The analytical prism of unsettled renders urban space an indeterminate ground unfolding through routines, temporalities and contestations in constant tension between settling and unsettling. Such contrasting experiences are contingent on how urban societies confront, undergo and overcome turbulence and difficulties in time and space. Contributions drawing on theoretical reflections and empirical accounts—from Argentina, Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, the UAE, the UK, the USA and Vietnam—give insights into plural occurrences of the unsettled, which might tie down or unleash transformative, liberatory and emancipatory potentials. This book is for students, professionals and researchers interested in the uncertainties, foundations, disturbances, inconsistencies, residuals and blind fields, which constitute the urban both as lived space and as social, cultural and political ideal.

Author : Tihomir Viderman,Sabine Knierbein,Elina Kränzle,Sybille Frank,Nikolai Roskamm,Ed Wall
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000799620

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Unsettled Urban Space by Tihomir Viderman,Sabine Knierbein,Elina Kränzle,Sybille Frank,Nikolai Roskamm,Ed Wall Pdf

While urban life can be characterized by endeavors to settle stable and safe environments, for many people, urban space is rarely stable or safe; it is uncertain, troubled, imbued with challenges and perpetually under pressure. As the concept of unsettled appears to define the contemporary urban experience, this multidisciplinary book investigates the conflicts and possibilities of settling and unsettling through open and speculative analysis. The analytical prism of unsettled renders urban space an indeterminate ground unfolding through routines, temporalities and contestations in constant tension between settling and unsettling. Such contrasting experiences are contingent on how urban societies confront, undergo and overcome turbulence and difficulties in time and space. Contributions drawing on theoretical reflections and empirical accounts—from Argentina, Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, the UAE, the UK, the USA and Vietnam—give insights into plural occurrences of the unsettled, which might tie down or unleash transformative, liberatory and emancipatory potentials. This book is for students, professionals and researchers interested in the uncertainties, foundations, disturbances, inconsistencies, residuals and blind fields, which constitute the urban both as lived space and as social, cultural and political ideal.

Author : Nicholas K. Blomley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : City planning
ISBN : 0415933161

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Unsettling the City by Nicholas K. Blomley Pdf

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Gary McDonogh,Robert Rotenberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313390067

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The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space by Gary McDonogh,Robert Rotenberg Pdf

This book presents a cross-cultural approach to the study of urban space. Essays written by major contributors in contemporary urban studies provide a range of case studies from Asia, Latin America, North America, and Europe to address important questions about space and power, processes of change, aesthetics and attitudes toward space, and social divisions expressed through urban life. The essays fall into three interlocking sections: conceptual and linguistic approaches to urban space; visual and social examinations of world cities; and policy examinations of spatial analyses. Together with the jointly compiled bibliography, this collection of essays is designed to stimulate comparative debate and identify new areas for urban research. Essays contrast empty space in Barcelona and Savannah, explore the concept of healthy and unhealthy urban environments in the classical writings and in modern-day Vienna, and develop a model of space for Shanghai from the point of view of privacy. The subcultural ethos characterizing Tokyo and the castle as a symbol for the community in Japan are two more essay topics. The plaza in Spanish-American towns, the outdoor spaces in Italy (balcony, street, courtyard), and the school in Honduras are sites for socio-cultural analyses in three more essays. The last group of essays focus on discourses in urban planning, especially the responses of people to the growth, marketing, and decay of residential places. African-American neighborhoods and waterfront development provide examples for this section. These essays in their theoretical and geographical breadth make significant strides in defining the cultural meaning of urban space. They will be read with interest by city planners, ecologists, and other social scientists involved in finding human solutions to the metropolitan environment.

Author : Christoph Lindner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134212422

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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 : Alexander C. Diener,Joshua Hagen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781538118276

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The City as Power by Alexander C. Diener,Joshua Hagen Pdf

This timely interdisciplinary book considers national identity through the lens of urban spaces. By bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, The City as Power provides broad comparative perspectives about the critical importance of urban landscapes as forums for creating, maintaining, and contesting identity and belonging.

Author : Nicholas Blomley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135954192

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Unsettling the City by Nicholas Blomley Pdf

Contemporary capitalism has produced gentrification, socio-spatial stratification and racial inequality. In this book, Nicholas Blomley shows how the concept of "property" helps to generate and underwrite these pervasive urban processes.

Author : Im Sik Cho,Chye-Kiang Heng,Zdravko Trivic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317533061

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Re-Framing Urban Space by Im Sik Cho,Chye-Kiang Heng,Zdravko Trivic Pdf

Re-framing Urban Space: Urban Design for Emerging Hybrid and High-Density Conditions rethinks the role and meaning of urban spaces through current trends and challenges in urban development. In emerging dense, hybrid, complex and dynamic urban conditions, public urban space is not only a precious and contested commodity, but also one of the key vehicles for achieving socially, environmentally and economically sustainable urban living. Past research has been predominantly focused on familiar models of urban space, such as squares, plazas, streets, parks and arcades, without consistent and clear rules on what constitutes good urban space, let alone what constitutes good urban space in ‘high-density context’. Through an innovative and integrative research framework, Re-Framing Urban Space guides the assessment, planning, design and re-design of urban spaces at various stages of the decision-making process, facilitating an understanding of how enduring qualities are expressed and negotiated through design measures in high-density urban environments. This book explores over 50 best practice case studies of recent urban design projects in high-density contexts, including Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, New York, and Rotterdam. Visually compelling and insightful, Re-Framing Urban Space provides a comprehensive and accessible means to understand the critical properties that shape new urban spaces, illustrating key design components and principles. An invaluable guide to the stages of urban design, planning, policy and decision making, this book is essential reading for urban design and planning professionals, academics and students interested in public spaces within high-density urban development.

Author : Lindner Christoph
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1403992371

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Urban Space and Cityscapes by Lindner Christoph Pdf

Author : Gary McDonogh,Robert Rotenberg
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0897893204

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The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space by Gary McDonogh,Robert Rotenberg Pdf

This book presents a cross-cultural approach to the study of urban space. Essays written by major contributors in contemporary urban studies provide a range of case studies from Asia, Latin America, North America, and Europe to address important questions about space and power, processes of change, aesthetics and attitudes toward space, and social divisions expressed through urban life. The essays fall into three interlocking sections: conceptual and linguistic approaches to urban space; visual and social examinations of world cities; and policy examinations of spatial analyses. Together with the jointly compiled bibliography, this collection of essays is designed to stimulate comparative debate and identify new areas for urban research. Essays contrast empty space in Barcelona and Savannah, explore the concept of healthy and unhealthy urban environments in the classical writings and in modern-day Vienna, and develop a model of space for Shanghai from the point of view of privacy. The subcultural ethos characterizing Tokyo and the castle as a symbol for the community in Japan are two more essay topics. The plaza in Spanish-American towns, the outdoor spaces in Italy (balcony, street, courtyard), and the school in Honduras are sites for socio-cultural analyses in three more essays. The last group of essays focus on discourses in urban planning, especially the responses of people to the growth, marketing, and decay of residential places. African-American neighborhoods and waterfront development provide examples for this section. These essays in their theoretical and geographical breadth make significant strides in defining the cultural meaning of urban space. They will be read with interest by city planners, ecologists, and other social scientists involved in finding human solutions to the metropolitan environment.

Author : John Allen,Doreen B. Massey,Michael Pryke
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 9780415200721

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Unsettling Cities by John Allen,Doreen B. Massey,Michael Pryke Pdf

This book is part of a series produced in association with the Open University and forms part of the Open University course DD304: Understanding cities.

Author : M. Gottdiener
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292727720

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The Social Production of Urban Space by M. Gottdiener Pdf

In this second edition, the author assesses important new theoretical models of urban space--and their shortcomings--including the global perspective, the flexible accumulation school, postmodernism, the new international division of labor, and the 'growth machine' perspective.

Author : Sarah Pinto,Shelley Hannigan,Bernadette Walker-Gibbs,Emma Charlton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811367298

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Interdisciplinary Unsettlings of Place and Space by Sarah Pinto,Shelley Hannigan,Bernadette Walker-Gibbs,Emma Charlton Pdf

This book brings together researchers from different fields, traditions and perspectives to examine the ways in which place and space might (be) unsettle(d). Researchers from across the humanities and social sciences have been drawn to the study of place and space since the 1970s, and the term ‘unsettled’ has been an occasional but recurring presence in this body of scholarship. Though it has been used to invoke a range of meanings, from the dangerous to the liberating, the term itself has rarely been at the centre of sustained examination. This collection highlights the idea of the unsettled in the scholarly investigation of place and space. The respective chapters offer a dialogue between a diverse and eclectic group of researchers, crossing significant disciplinary and interdisciplinary boundaries in the process. The purpose of the collection is to juxtapose a range of different approaches to, and perspectives on, the unsettling of place and space. In doing so, Interdisciplinary Unsettlings of Place and Space makes an important contribution and offers new insights into how scholarship and research into different fields and practices may help us re-envision place and space.

Author : Jenia Mukherjee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811049323

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Sustainable Urbanization in India by Jenia Mukherjee Pdf

This comprehensive volume contributes to the existing and emerging body of literature on contemporary urbanization and the interactions between cities and the environment. The volume is contextualized against latest theories, debates and discussions on 'sustainable urbanization', the post‐2015 development agenda of the United Nations and India's official launching of the 'smart city' agenda. Reflecting on three major components of urban sustainability: investments and infrastructures, waste management, and urban ecologies and environmentalisms, it moves beyond the bi‐centric approach of only looking into the differences between the ‘developed’ and the ‘developing’ world and reflects on cities across India using polycentric methods and approaches. The Indian urban scenario is extremely complex and diverse, and solutions laid out in official and non‐official documents tend to miss these complexities. This volume includes innovative research across different parts of India, identifying city‐specific sources of unsustainability and challenges along with strategies and potentials that would make the process of urban transition both sustainable and equitable. Complex explorations of non‐linear, bottom‐up, multisectoral process‐based local urban contexts across north, south, east and west Indian cities in this volume critique a general acceptance of the universalized concept of ‘sustainable urbanization’ and suggest ways that might be important for transcending inclusive theories to form practical policy-based recommendations and actions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004369207

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Resistance and the City by Anonim Pdf

Resistance and the City focuses on the diverse strategies of resistance and subversion that challenge the stability of the hegemonic order of urban communities.