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The Global City and the Holy City : Narratives on Knowledge, Planning and Diversity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fenster, Tovi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Taylor and Francis, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; Methodology; The structure of the book; How to read this book; Part I Planning, Knowledge and Diversity in the City; 2 Planning traditions, globalisation and the discourse around knowledge: History, criticism and change; Globalisation, the role of the city and its planning systems; The history of planning traditions
  • the discourse of universal vs local knowledge; Planning as control by means of manipulating 'knowledge'
  • the creation of the 'misuse of knowledge'
  • Planning in practice
  • the misuse of knowledge as a means of control over Bedouin and Ethiopian women in IsraelProfessional-universal vs local-relative knowledge
  • an ethical dilemma; Summary and conclusions; 3 Society and space: Diversity, difference and knowledge in the global city; Different identities, different knowledge; Identity and space in the city; The dialectics between absolute and relative space; Exclusion/inclusion and forms of citizenship in the global city
  • notions of culture, gender and power; Summary and conclusions.
  • 4 London and Jerusalem: Whose planning, whose power, whose diversity?London: urban planning and global capitalism
  • whose power, whose knowledge?; The planning system in the United Kingdom and in London2; Capitalist power and development in the East End
  • Tower Hamlets, Brick Lane area3; Jerusalem: urban planning and global/local nationalism
  • whose power, whose knowledge?; The planning system in Israel and Jerusalem
  • whose power, whose knowledge?; Nationalistic power and planning as control
  • the 'politics of planning and development' in Jerusalem.
  • Nationalist power and control in Isawiye village planning narrativeSummary and conclusions; Part II The Local Embodied Knowledge of Comfort, Belonging and Commitment in the Global City and the Holy City; Narrative analysis as a method for analysing the meaning of comfort, belonging and commitment; The narrative analysis method; Models of narrative analysis; Narrative analysis of comfort, belonging and commitment; Categories used in analysing the narratives; 5 On comfort; Home and the city as contested spaces; Comfort at home; Comfort in public spaces; Summary and conclusions; 6 On belonging.
  • Belonging and memoryBetween comfort and belonging; A sense of belonging and a sense of place; Belonging and the notion of home; Claim, the boundaries of belonging and notions of exclusion in public spaces; A sense of belonging to your building, street and neighbourhood; Belonging to the city centre and the city; Belonging to urban parks; Summary and conclusions; 7 On commitment; Between comfort, belonging and commitment; Commitment to the self
  • commitment to the environment; Commitment as public action; Commitment, memory and belonging; Commitment and national identity.