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A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space

Author : Mona A. Abdelwahab
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317186966
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book A Reflexive Reading of Urban Space written by Mona A. Abdelwahab and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a critique of the concepts attached to the representation of urban space, this ground-breaking book formulates a new theory of space, which understands the dynamic interrelations between physical and social spaces while tracing the wider urban context. It offers a new tool to approach the reading of these interrelations through reflexive reading strategies that identify singular reading fragments of the different spaces through multiple reader-time-space relations. The strategies proposed in the volume seek to develop an integrative reading of urban space through recognition of the singular (influenced by discourse, institution, etc.); and temporal (influenced by reading perspective in space and time), thereby providing a relational perspective that goes beyond the paradox of place in between social and physical space, identifying each in terms of relationships oscillating between the conceptual, the physical and social content, and the context. In conclusion, the book suggests that space/place can be read through sequential fragments of people, place, context, mind, and author/reader. Operating at different scales between conceptual space and reality, the sequential reading helps the recognition of multiplicity and the dynamics of place as a transformational process without hierarchy or classification.

Experience and Conflict: The Production of Urban Space

Author : Panu Lehtovuori
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351937782
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Experience and Conflict: The Production of Urban Space written by Panu Lehtovuori and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When designing, planning and building urban spaces, many contradictory and conflicting actors, practices and agendas coexist. This book propounds that, at present, this process is conducted in an artificial reality, 'Concept City', characterized by a simplified and outdated conception of space. It provides a constructive critique of the concepts, underlying the practices of planning and architecture and, in order to facilitate more dynamic, inclusive and subtle practices, it formulates a new theory about space in general and public urban space in particular. The central notions in this theory are temporality, experiment and conflict, which are grounded on empirical observations in Helsinki, Manchester and Berlin. While the book contextualizes Lefebvre's ideas on urban planning and architecture, it is in no way limited to Lefebvrean discourse, but allows insights to new theoretical work, including that of Finnish and Swedish authors. In doing so, it suggests and develops exciting new approaches and tools leading to 'experiential urbanism'.

Visualizing the Invisible

Author : Stephen Read
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Visualizing the Invisible written by Stephen Read and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produces original insights into the nature of the contemporary urban, and uses these insights as a basis for the design of the contemporary city. This book presents projects in full-colour, showing how some of the ideas and concerns about space, time, hybridity and form translate into real work in the Spacelab design studio.

Urban Space and Late Twentieth-Century New York Literature

Author : C. Neculai
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137340207
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Book Synopsis Urban Space and Late Twentieth-Century New York Literature by : C. Neculai

Download or read book Urban Space and Late Twentieth-Century New York Literature written by C. Neculai and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinary in nature, this project draws on fiction, non-fiction and archival material to theorize urban space and literary/cultural production in the context of the United States and New York City. Spanning from the mid-1970s fiscal crisis to the 1987 Market Crash, New York writing becomes akin to geographical fieldwork in this rich study.

The Virtual and the Real in Planning and Urban Design

Author : Claudia Yamu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351981498
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book The Virtual and the Real in Planning and Urban Design written by Claudia Yamu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virtual and the Real in Planning and Urban Design: Perspectives, Practices and Applications explores the merging relationship between physical and virtual spaces in planning and urban design. Technological advances such as smart sensors, interactive screens, locative media and evolving computation software have impacted the ways in which people experience, explore, interact with and create these complex spaces. This book draws together a broad range of interdisciplinary researchers in areas such as architecture, urban design, spatial planning, geoinformation science, computer science and psychology to introduce the theories, models, opportunities and uncertainties involved in the interplay between virtual and physical spaces. Using a wide range of international contributors, from the UK, USA, Germany, France, Switzerland, Netherlands and Japan, it provides a framework for assessing how new technology alters our perception of physical space.

Urban Space and Cityscapes

Author : Christoph Lindner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134212429
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Urban Space and Cityscapes written by Christoph Lindner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Cities and Metaphors

Author : Somaiyeh Falahat
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317916638
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Cities and Metaphors written by Somaiyeh Falahat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space

Author : Gary McDonogh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313390061
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space written by Gary McDonogh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1993-04-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Urban Space (Stadtraum)

Author : Rob Krier
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780847802364
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Urban Space (Stadtraum) written by Rob Krier and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1979 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reading Urban Space

Author : Angelo Pietrobon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Reading Urban Space written by Angelo Pietrobon and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writing Urban Space

Author : Liam Murphy Bell
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780992548
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Writing Urban Space written by Liam Murphy Bell and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From William Blake through to Iain Sinclair, literature has sought to engage with and transform urban space. Architects now seek the input of poets, and storytelling is employed in urban regeneration. Writing Urban Space investigates this relationship between imaginative writing and the built environment.

Remaking the urban

Author : Naomi Roux
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526140306
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Remaking the urban written by Naomi Roux and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the end of the apartheid regime in the 1990s, South Africa experienced a boom in new heritage and commemorative projects. These ranged from huge new museums and monuments to small community museums and grassroots memory work. At the same time, South African cities have continued to grapple with the difficulties of overcoming entrenched inequalities and divisions. Urban spaces are deep repositories of memory, and also sites in need of radical transformation. Remaking the Urban examines the intersections between post-apartheid urban transformation and the politics of heritage-making in divided cities, using the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in South Africa’s Eastern Cape as a case study. Roux unpacks the processes by which some narratives and histories become officially inscribed in public space, while others are visible only through alternative, ephemeral or subversive means. Including discussions of the history of the Red Location Museum of Struggle; memorialisation of urban forced removals; the heritage politics and transformative potential of public art; and strategies for making visible memories and histories of former anti-apartheid youth activist groups in the city’s townships, Roux examines how these twin processes of memory-making and change have played out in Nelson Mandela Bay.

The City as Power

Author : Alexander C. Diener
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538118270
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book The City as Power written by Alexander C. Diener and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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. Rather than serving as passive backdrops, urban spaces and places are active mediums for defining categories of inclusion—and exclusion. With an international scope and ready appeal to visual learners, the book offers a compelling survey of historical and contemporary efforts to enact state ideals, express counter-narratives, and negotiate global trends in cities. The contributors show how successive regimes reshape cityscapes to mirror their respective socio-political agendas, perspectives on history, and assumptions of power. Yet they must do so within the legal, ethnic, religious, social, economic, and cultural geographies inherited from previous regimes. Exploring the rich diversity of urban space, place, and national identity, the book compares core elements of identity projects in a range of political, cultural, and socioeconomic settings. By focusing on the built form and urban settings for social movements, protest, and even organized violence, this timely book demonstrates that cities are not simply lived in but also lived through.

The Paradox of Urban Space

Author : S. Sutton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230117201
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Paradox of Urban Space written by S. Sutton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As racially-based inequalities and spatial segregation deepen, further strained by emergent problems associated with climate change, ever-widening differences between wealth and poverty, and the economic crisis, this book issues a timely call for just, sustainable development.

Care and the City

Author : Angelika Gabauer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000504905
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Care and the City written by Angelika Gabauer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Care and the City is a cross-disciplinary collection of chapters examining urban social spaces, in which caring and uncaring practices intersect and shape people’s everyday lives. While asking how care and uncare are embedded in the urban condition, the book focuses on inequalities in caring relations and the ways they are acknowledged, reproduced, and overcome in various spaces, discourses, and practices. This book provides a pathway for urban scholars to start engaging with approaches to conceptualize care in the city through a critical-reflexive analysis of processes of urbanization. It pursues a systematic integration of empirical, methodological, theoretical, and ethical approaches to care in urban studies, while overcoming a crisis-centered reading of care and the related ambivalences in care debates, practices, and spaces. These strands are elaborated via a conceptual framework of care and situated within broader theoretical debates on cities, urbanization, and urban development with detailed case studies from Europe, the Americas, and Asia. By establishing links to various fields of knowledge, this book seeks to systematically introduce debates on care to the interconnecting fields of urban studies, planning theory, and related disciplines for the first time.

The City of the Senses

Author : K. DeFazio
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230370357
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The City of the Senses written by K. DeFazio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach which opens up new ways of understanding urban culture and space. The author approaches the city as essentially a 'material' place where people live, work, and participate in social practices within historical limits set not by sensory experience or cultural meanings but material social conditions.

Spatialising Peace and Conflict

Author : Annika Bjorkdahl
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137550481
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Spatialising Peace and Conflict written by Annika Bjorkdahl and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings to the fore the spatial dimension of specific places and sites, and assesses how they condition – and are conditioned by – conflict and peace processes. By marrying spatial theories with theories of peace and conflict, the contributors propose a new research agenda to investigate where peace and conflict take place.