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Everyday life in the segmented city
Abstract from the publisher: This volume of "Research in Urban Sociology" is composed of a selection of the papers presented at the conference "Everyday Life in the Segmented City" held in July 2010, Florence. The conference…
Urban theory beyond the West: A world of cities
Abstract from the publisher: Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small…
The lure of the city: From slums to suburbs
Abstract from the publisher: Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the…
Havana beyond the ruins : Cultural mappings after 1989
Abstract from the publisher : In Havana beyond the Ruins, prominent architects, scholars, and writers based in and outside of Cuba analyze how Havana has been portrayed in literature, music, and the visual arts since Soviet subsidies of Cuba…
Living in the endless city
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- The companion to Phaidon’s popular The Endless City, with the same mix of smart writing, remarkable photographs and incisive data on the field of urban development and its related disciplines
- An authoritative…
Urban navigations : Politics, space and the city in South Asia
Abstract from the publisher : This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space,…
Neighborhood and life chances : How place matters in modern America
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Does the place where you lived as a child affect your health as an adult? To what degree does your neighbor's success influence your own potential? The importance of place is increasingly recognized in urban research…
Securing the city : Neoliberalism, space, and insecurity in postwar Guatemala
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Unprecedented crime rates have made Guatemala City one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Following a peace process that ended Central America’s longest and bloodiest civil war and impelled the transition…
Locating migration : Rescaling cities and migrants
Abstract from the publisher : In this book Nina Glick Schiller and Ayse Çaglar, along with a stellar group of contributing authors, examine the relationship between migrants and cities in a time of massive urban restructuring. They find that…
The fundamentalist city? Religiosity and the remaking of urban space
Abstract from the publisher : The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It…
Transformative cities in the new global order : Accumulation by dispossession
Abstract from the publisher : Globalisation and a neo-liberal world order are impacting the global urban system, resulting in massive transformation of cities across the world. This transformation, which is currently the centre of focus among…
Man and the modern city
Extract from the preface by Otto F. Kraushaar: The essays which make up this colume represent the thoughtful efforts of a number of distinguished specialists to examine afresh the implications of urbanism for modern man. They were presented during…
Space for urban alternatives? Christiania 1971-2011
Abstract from the publisher: In 1971, a group of young people broke into a closed down military area in Copenhagen. It was located not more than a mile from the Royal Danish Palace and the Danish parliament. Soon, the media published images and…
Soul city: Seminar (no. 559)
Extract from the introduction 'The Problem':
The challenge before the city and its political masters is to build on its welcoming and accommodating character, retain its universal concerns without sacrificing its regional specificity and still exude…
City of dreams: Seminar (no. 528)
Extract from the introduction 'The Problem': Suketu Mehta - Runaway: A chronicle of metropolitan transience
Aimons la ville !
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Faire la ville, nous pensons savoir, la gérer sans doute aussi, mais comment pourrions-nous "faire aimer la ville" ? C’est pourtant cette expérience urbaine de chacun qui…