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Paradoxical Urbanism
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Author : Malcolm Miles
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-09-05
Paradoxical Urbanism written by Malcolm Miles and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-05 with Science categories.
Modernist urbanism seems progressive, even Utopian: design for a better world through a democratic and humane built environment. But two currents undermine this vision from within: an Arcadianism which turns to a rural idyll as retreat from change and the effects of industrialization; and an instrumentalism by which the humane vision becomes prescriptive and anti-democratic. Malcolm Miles argues that these two currents undermine modernism’s progressive vision. This book examines the roots of modernist urbanism in the seamless, self-contained systems of Cartesian space; and identifies contradictions within modernist urbanism in its instrumentalism and reliance on de-politicised professional expertise. Miles adroitly reviews the postmodern culture of industrial ruinscapes; and posits that if cities are to be places of proximity, diversity, mobility and agency, this will require a move from modernist instrumentalism to a creative and radically democratic co-production of the built environment.
Living In Paradox
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Author : Garth Falconer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Living In Paradox written by Garth Falconer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Cities and towns categories.
Splintering Towers Of Babel
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Author : Liora Bigon
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-07-21
Splintering Towers Of Babel written by Liora Bigon and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-21 with Science categories.
Splintering Towers of Babel focuses on and redefines soft infrastructures and critical infrastructure projects. It explores key issues in contemporary urban studies including town planning histories, architecture, heritage, colonialism and postcolonialism, philosophy, and ethics. The book combines transdisciplinary perspectives on the key historical, philosophical, and political issues associated with urban experiences, built forms, and infrastructure networks. It explores uneven dimensions in contemporary urbanisms and develops spatial phenomenological thinking with reference to the northern and southern hemispheres. This book connects the past and the present, in addition to Western and global South geographies, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Its main contribution is to broaden readers' understanding of infrastructure through the lens of the humanities and to engage with political, poetical, and ethical perspectives. This book is tailored to scholars working in the fields of urban planning, urban geography, architectural history, urban design, infrastructure studies, colonial and postcolonial studies, African studies, and philosophy.
Paradoxes Of Green
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Author : Gareth Doherty
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017-02-14
Paradoxes Of Green written by Gareth Doherty and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-14 with Social Science categories.
Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Transliteration and Translation -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Two Seas, Many Greens -- 1. Green Scenery -- 2. The Blueness of Green -- 3. How Green Can Become Red -- 4. The Memory of Date Palm Green -- 5. The Struggle for the Manama Greenbelt -- 6. The Promise of Beige -- 7. Brightening Green -- 8. The Whiteness of Green -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z -- List of Named Participants -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Plate section
The Paradoxes Of Planning
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Author : Sara Westin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-03
The Paradoxes Of Planning written by Sara Westin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-03 with Political Science categories.
Why is it that modern architects and planners - these benevolent and socially visionary experts - have created environments that can make one feel so uneasy? Using a philosophical and psycho-analytical approach, this book critically examines expert knowledge within architecture and urban planning. Its point of departure is the gap between visions and realities, intentions and outcomes in planning, with particular focus on projects in Sweden that try to create an urban atmosphere. Finding insights from the work of Sigmund Freud and his followers, the book argues that urban planning during the 20th century is a neurotic activity prone to produce a type of alienation. Besides trying to understand the gap between intentions and outcomes in planning, the book also discusses how to define the concept of the urban, juxtaposing different knowledge traditions; contrasting the positivistic theory of space syntax with poetic-dialectical approaches, the planner view of the city with that of the flâneur, examining texts by Virginia Woolf and August Strindberg.
Paradoxes Of Planning
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Author : Sara Westin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-01-01
Paradoxes Of Planning written by Sara Westin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with Architecture categories.
Using a philosophical and psychoanalytical approach, this book critically examines expert knowledge within architecture and urban planning. Its point of departure is the 'gap' between visions and realities, intentions and outcomes in planning, with particular focus on projects in Sweden that try to create an 'urban atmosphere'. Finding insights from the work of Sigmund Freud and his followers, the book argues that urban planning during the 20th century is a neurotic activity prone to produce a type of alienation.
The Emancipatory City
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Author : Loretta Lees
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2004-08-15
The Emancipatory City written by Loretta Lees and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-15 with Science categories.
The ambivalent status of urban space in terms of emancipation, democratisation, justice and citizenship is central to recent work in urban geography. Through exploration of the tensions and possibilities between freedoms and constraints offered by the city, the authors build on current perspectives to present an analysis of urban experience.
Intercultural Urbanism
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Author : Dean Saitta
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-07-23
Intercultural Urbanism written by Dean Saitta and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-23 with Social Science categories.
Cities today are paradoxical. They are engines of innovation and opportunity, but they are also plagued by significant income inequality and segregation by ethnicity, race, and class. These inequalities and segregations are often reinforced by the urban built environment: the planning of space and the design of architecture. This condition threatens attainment of wider social and economic prosperity. In this innovative new study, Dean Saitta explores questions of urban sustainability by taking an intercultural, trans-historical approach to city planning. Saitta uses a largely untapped body of knowledge-the archaeology of cities in the ancient world-to generate ideas about how public space, housing, and civic architecture might be better designed to promote inclusion and community, while also making our cities more environmentally sustainable. By integrating this knowledge with knowledge generated by evolutionary studies and urban ethnography (including a detailed look at Denver, Colorado, one of America's most desirable and fastest growing 'destination cities' but one that is also experiencing significant spatial segregation and gentrification), Saitta's book offers an invaluable new perspective for urban studies scholars and urban planning professionals.
Cosmopolitan Urbanism
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Author : Jon Binnie
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2006
Cosmopolitan Urbanism written by Jon Binnie and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Architecture categories.
Renowned editors and contributors have come together to produce one of the first books to tackle cosmopolitanism from a geographical perspective. It employs a range of approaches to provide a valuable grounded treatment.
Urban Anthropology In China
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Author : Gregory Eliyu Guldin
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-07-24
Urban Anthropology In China written by Gregory Eliyu Guldin and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-24 with Architecture categories.
This book is based on the papers that were presented at the First International Urban Anthropology Conference, which was opened in Beijing on December 28, 1989. It contains twenty-two papers and six introductory contributions, dealing with the following subjects: 'Comparative Urbanism: Socialist and Asian Cities'; 'Chinese Urbanization'; 'Chinese Urban Ethnicity'; 'Chinese Urban Culture and Life Cycle'. These papers are written by Chinese and non-Chinese authors. The conference of 1989/1990 marked the beginning of urban anthropology in China. Before this, the objects of ethnological, sociological and anthropological research in China were rural, rather than urban. Besides, the attention of scholars was mostly directed towards the ethnic minorities in China. In the late 1970's however, contacts with Western anthropologists helped in redirecting part of Chinese anthropology towards the study of urban conglomerations. The congress of 1989/90 marked the acceptance of this new approach in China.