The city : an interdisciplinary introduction to urban studies /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prell, Uwe (Autor)
Otros Autores: Radosh, Laura (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Opladen, Germany : Verlag Barbara Budrich, [2022]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Cities and towns > Study and teaching.
Cities and towns > Study and teaching
Stadtforschung
urban studies
urbanism
Theorie der Stadt
urban research
Stadtsoziologie
urban theory
global city
smart city
Politikwissenschaft
sociology
Geografie
political science
geography
Stadtgeschichte
Architektur
urban history
architecture
Sozialwissenschaften
Philosophie
social sciences
philosophy
Soziologie
center
Zentrum
offene Stadt
open city
dense city
dichte Stadt
city
town
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Cover
  • Uwe Prell: The City
  • THE CITY IS THE ANSWER. BUT WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
  • NOTE ON THE ENGLISH EDITION
  • Table of contents
  • I. THE DIFFICULTIES OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY
  • II. ON THE BENEFITS OF A TOOL
  • III. THEORY
  • A. The science of the city
  • 1. The big picture (urbanism)
  • 2. City as society (sociology and urban sociology)
  • 3. City as market (economics and urban economics)
  • 4. City as natural environment ((urban) geography, urban environmental management, and climate research)
  • 5. City as design space (spatial planning, urban planning, architecture, and urban morphology)
  • 6. City as policy (law)
  • 7. City as memory space (history)
  • 8. City as hope and disappointment (philosophy)
  • 9. Ways out of no man's land (political science)
  • 10. The city: a puzzle
  • B. The grand narratives
  • 1. The good city (Aristotle)
  • 2. The multifunctional city (Werner Sombart)
  • 3. Politics, the market, and city types (Max Weber)
  • 4. The blasé city dweller (Georg Simmel)
  • 5. The dense city (Lewis Wirth and the Chicago School)
  • 6. No city (Jürgen Friedrichs)
  • 7. The global city (Saskia Sassen)
  • 8. The ordinary city (Ash Amin and Stephen Graham)
  • 9. The open city (Richard Sennett)
  • 10. The experts' insights
  • C. The wisdom of languages: the city is...
  • 1. The city is dense infrastructure (Egyptian)
  • 2. The city is citizenship (Greek)
  • 3. The city is power politics (Latin)
  • 4. The city is structured densification (Spanish)
  • 5. The city is lifestyle (French)
  • 6. The city is relevance (English)
  • 7. The city is rights (German)
  • 8. The city is the centre (Russian)
  • 9. The city is civilization (Arabic)
  • 10. The city is prosperity (Hindi)
  • 11. The city is the economy (Chinese)
  • 12. The city is a hub (Japanese)
  • 13. The genes of the city
  • IV. PRACTICE
  • A. Zooming in
  • B. Terms, concepts, and city types
  • 1. Megacity
  • 2. Global city
  • 3. Capital city
  • 4. Arrival city
  • 5. Smart city
  • 6. Neoliberal city
  • 7. Virus city
  • 8. Shrinking city and lost city
  • 9. Terms, concepts, and city types: valuable patterns?
  • C. Urban issues
  • 1. Immigration and emigration
  • 2. Housing and living
  • 3. Society and the economy
  • 4. Movement and standstill
  • 5. Analogue and digital
  • 6. City and countryside
  • 7. City and world
  • 8. City and environment
  • 9. Diversity and reciprocities
  • V. OUR FUTURE WILL BE DECIDED IN AND WITH THE CITY
  • Literature
  • Index
  • Backmatter
  • U4

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