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Prell, U: City de PD Dr. habil. Uwe Prell

Prell, U: City

Autor PD Dr. habil. Uwe Prell Traducere de Laura Radosh
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 sep 2022
This book presents the current state of urban research across various disciplines. The author offers insights into the views of those key disciplines that deal with urbanism, such as sociology, geography, spatial and urban planning, history, philosophy, and political science. He also takes language philosophy into account and shows the different meanings of concepts related to cities in a dozen word languages. An overview of central approaches and theories as well as of their practical application enables readers to see a familiar topic in a new light.
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ISBN-13: 9783847426127
ISBN-10: 3847426125
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 150 x 214 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Budrich

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THE CITY IS THE ANSWER. BUT WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? NOTE ON THE ENGLISH EDITION I. THE DIFFICULTIES OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY II. ON THE BENEFITS OF A TOOL III. THEORY A. The science of the city 1. The big picture (urbanism) 2. City as society (sociology and urban sociology) 3. City as market (economics and urban economics) 4. City as natural environment ((urban) geography, urban environmental management, and climate research) 5. City as design space (spatial planning, urban planning, architecture, and urban morphology) 6. City as policy (law) 7. City as memory space (history) 8. City as hope and disappointment (philosophy) 9. Ways out of no man's land (political science) 10. The city: a puzzle B. The grand narratives 1. The good city (Aristotle) 2. The multifunctional city (Werner Sombart) 3. Politics, the market, and city types (Max Weber) 4. The blasé city dweller (Georg Simmel) 5. The dense city (Lewis Wirth and the Chicago School) 6. No city (Jürgen Friedrichs) 7. The global city (Saskia Sassen) 8. The ordinary city (Ash Amin and Stephen Graham) 9. The open city (Richard Sennett) 10. The experts' insights C. The wisdom of languages: the city is... 1. The city is dense infrastructure (Egyptian) 2. The city is citizenship (Greek) 3. The city is power politics (Latin) 4. The city is structured densification (Spanish) 5. The city is lifestyle (French) 6. The city is relevance (English) 7. The city is rights (German) 8. The city is the centre (Russian) 9. The city is civilization (Arabic) 10. The city is prosperity (Hindi) 11. The city is the economy (Chinese) 12. The city is a hub (Japanese) 13. The genes of the city IV. PRACTICE A. Zooming in B. Terms, concepts, and city types 1. Megacity 2. Global city 3. Capital city 4. Arrival city 5. Smart city 6. Neoliberal city 7. Virus city 8. Shrinking city and lost city 9. Terms, concepts, and city types: valuable patterns? C. Urban issues 1. Immigration and emigration 2. Housing and living 3. Society and the economy 4. Movement and standstill 5. Analogue and digital 6. City and countryside 7. City and world 8. City and environment 9. Diversity and reciprocities V. OUR FUTURE WILL BE DECIDED IN AND WITH THE CITY Literature Index

Notă biografică

PD Dr. phil. habil. Uwe Prell holds a doctorate in Political Science, habilitated in History, and is an author and lecturer in Berlin, Germany.