Описание: Focusing on South Africa`s three main cities - Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban - this book explores South African urban history from the late nineteenth century onwards. This ambitious and pioneering account, spanning more than a century, will be welcomed by scholars and students of African history, urban history, and historical geography.
Автор: Bickford-Smith Название: The Emergence of the South African Metropolis ISBN: 1107002931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107002937 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 10294.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Focusing on South Africa's three main cities - Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban - this book explores South African urban history from the late nineteenth century onwards. In particular, it examines the metropolitan perceptions and experiences of both black and white South Africans, as well as those of visitors, especially visitors from Britain and North America. Drawing on a rich array of city histories, travel writing, novels, films, newspapers, radio and television programs, and oral histories, Vivian Bickford-Smith focuses on the consequences of the depictions of the South African metropolis and the 'slums' they contained, and especially on how senses of urban belonging and geography helped create and reinforce South African ethnicities and nationalisms. This ambitious and pioneering account, spanning more than a century, will be welcomed by scholars and students of African history, urban history, and historical geography.
Автор: Harrigan, John J. Vogel, Ronald K. Название: Political change in the metropolis ISBN: 0321202287 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780321202284 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 19906.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This popular text has been thoroughly updated and revised to sharpen the focus on its 'bias and change' theme, include the latest data/studies informing the field, and cover important new topics (e.g., flood disaster in New Orleans).
Political Change in the Metropolis, Eighth Edition, continues to focus on the political changes that have taken place in American cities and the reactions of urban scholars to them. In addition to offering scholarly perspectives, the text offers students a theoretical framework for interpreting these changing events for themselves. This framework analyzes the patterns of bias inherent in the organization and operation of urban politics, giving students an in-depth look at the fascinating and constantly changing face of urban politics.
Features
Accessible writing style engages students in the material.
Provides excellent coverage of the impact of immigrants and ethnic groups in the making of the American city.
An abundance of historical material helps students better understand the origins and development of urban politics and structures.
Case studies throughout the text give students an opportunity to apply important material.
The text exposes students to first-rate discussions of political phenomena and empirical literature on those phenomena.
Автор: Hutton Название: Millennial Metropolis ISBN: 1138232505 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138232501 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5817.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The text offers a critical perspective on complex and consequential aspects of growth and change in London, viewed through the lens of multiscalar space, and exemplary case studies. It demonstrates how capital, culture and governance have combined to reproduce London, within a frame of relational geographies and historical relayering.
Автор: Edward A. Cook, Jesus J. Lara Название: Remaking Metropolis: Global Challenges of the Urban Landscape ISBN: 0415670810 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415670814 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 24499.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Remaking Metropolis examines examples of both urban decay and destruction as well as urban rebirth. It shows why particular approaches were successful, or did not achieve their objectives. By bringing together innovative approaches to urban living from across the world, and by demonstrating how local initiatives can contribute to global solutions, the book establishes a framework in which to evaluate current and future developments for urban change, and to stimulate a reassessment of urban redevelopment and policies.
"Think Globally, Act Locally" is an oft used phrase to encourage citizens to take steps close to home as part of addressing overarching environmental issues. Critics of this view point to the potential for parochial or even myopic approaches, while supporters argue that it creates both a more sustainable and a more culturally grounded environment. Remaking Metropolis brings together real world experiences that combine local action with a global world view, to demonstrate the continuum between the local and the remote.
At the same time the compartmentalization of contemporary perspectives towards human life in the fields of science, design, ecology, medicine, and politics is leading to increased fragmentation of the mind, body, city, and globe. By bridging these artificial divides between disciplines, this collection of individual case studies demonstrates the holistic approach necessary for a genuinely sustainable urban condition.
Описание: The problems created by metropolitanization have become increasingly apparent. Attempts to limit growth, disperse populations and plan neighbourhoods have been largely unsuccessful. Strategies are needed to improve the world's major cities in the twenty-first century. Tom Angotti is fundamentally optimistic about the future of the metropolis, but questions urban planning’s inability to integrate urban and rural systems, its contribution to the growth of inequality, and increasing enclave development throughout the world. Using the concept of 'urban orientalism' as a theoretical underpinning of modern urban planning grounded in global inequalities, Angotti confronts this traditional model with new, progressive approaches to community and metropolis. Written in clear, precise terms by an award-winning author, The New Century of the Metropolis argues that only when the city is understood as a necessary and beneficial acccompaniment to social progress can a progressive, humane approach to urban planning be developed.
Описание: Draws on previously unexplored visual and ephemeral sources to re-evaluate the British city, its changing form, representation and impact. -- .
Автор: Solnit Rebecca, Jelly-Schapiro Joshua Название: Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas ISBN: 0520285956 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520285958 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Part of a trilogy of atlases, this title conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey.
Название: Black metropolis in the twenty-first century ISBN: 0742543285 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780742543287 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 23654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Brings together essays that seek to expand our understanding of the role of government in: shaping cities and metropolitan regions; consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and, the connection of place, space, and race in the era of globalization.
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