Shanghai-China's largest industrial city and the fifth largest port in the world-is in the midst of a rapid revitalization. Shanghai Reflections examines the transformation of the old city into a modern metropolis from a broad cultural and architectural perspective. Architect Ma…
First published in 1999, Everyday Urbanism has become a classic in the discussion of cities and real life. Within the context of history, theory, and practice of urban design, the essays explore the city as a social entity that must be responsive to daily routines and neighborho…
This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Amin and Thrift maintain that the traditional divide between the city and the countryside has been perforated through urban encroachment, the thickening of the links between the two, and urbanization as a way of…
Om den tyske kulturkritikers (1889-1966) teorier om storbyens betydning for moderniteten
Livable Streets 2.0 offers a thorough examination of the struggle between automobiles, residents, pedestrians and other users of streets, along with evidence-based, practical strategies for redesigning city street networks that support urban livability. In 1981, when Donald Appl…
With inefficient transportation systems and poorly designed buildings, many cities - especially in the U.S - consume enormous quantities of fossil fuels and emit high levels of greenhouse gases. While some cities could be headede for collapse, the authors of this book believe th…
Om hvorledes sociale, kulturelle og individuelle faktorer tilsammen forklarer, hvorfor piger slås eller udøver vold. Baseret på samtaler med 16 unge piger fra lavindkomstmiljøer i Philadelphia, med deres venner, familie samt fagfolk
"In the contemporary city, the physical infrastructure and sensorial experiences of two millennia are now interwoven within an invisible digital matrix. This matrix alters human perceptions of the city, informs our behavior, and increasingly influences the urban designs we ultim…
In this innovative work Jean Hillier develops a new theory for students and researchers of spatial planning and governance which is grounded primarily in the work of Gilles Deleuze. The theory recognizes the complex interrelation between place qualities and the multiple space-ti…
This collection surveys film, media and screen cultures in Buenos Aires, Beijing, Berlin, Cairo, Copenhagen, Delhi, Kolkata, Lagos, Los Angeles, Malmö, Manila, Paris, Rome and Shanghai. Drawing on work in film and urban studies, the volume innovatively rethinks the 'cinematic ci…
More than half of the global and around eighty per cent of the western population grow up in cities. Here, Horschelmann and van Blerk provide a vivid picture of children and youths in the city, how they make sense of it and how they appropriate it through their social actions. C…
Covering slums ranging from Rio de Janeiro to Bangkok, and multiple cities in South Africa, Kenya and India, Slumming it examines the roots and consequences of a growing phenomenon whose effects have ranged from gentrification and urban policy reform to the organization of inter…
