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Author: Liam Magee
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-02-09
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 1137546166
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProposing a renovation of the metaphor of the urban fabric, Interwoven Cities develops an analysis of how cities might be woven into alternative patterns, to better sustain social and ecological life.
Author: Pendras, Mark
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2021-06-03
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1529212081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores cities and the intra-regional relational dynamics often overlooked by urban scholars, and it challenges common representations of urban development successes and failures. Gathering leading international scholars from Europe, Australia and North America, it explores the secondary city concept in urban development theory and practice and advances a research agenda that highlights uneven development concerns. By emphasising the subordinate status of secondary cities relative to their dominant neighbours the book raises new questions about regional development in the Global North. It considers alternative relations and development strategies that innovatively reimagine the subordinate status of secondary cities and showcase their full potential.
Author: Zlatan Krajina
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-09-23
Total Pages: 1052
ISBN-13: 1351813269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Routledge Companion to Urban Media and Communication traces central debates within the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on mediated cities and urban communication. The volume brings together diverse perspectives and global case studies to map key areas of research within media, cultural and urban studies, where a joint focus on communications and cities has made important innovations in how we understand urban space, technology, identity and community. Exploring the rise and growing complexity of urban media and communication as the next key theme for both urban and media studies, the book gathers and reviews fast-developing knowledge on specific emergent phenomena such as: reading the city as symbol and text; understanding urban infrastructures as media (and vice-versa); the rise of global cities; urban and suburban media cultures: newspapers, cinema, radio, television and the mobile phone; changing spaces and practices of urban consumption; the mediation of the neighbourhood, community and diaspora; the centrality of culture to urban regeneration; communicative responses to urban crises such as racism, poverty and pollution; the role of street art in the negotiation of ‘the right to the city’; city competition and urban branding; outdoor advertising; moving image architecture; ‘smart’/cyber urbanism; the emergence of Media City production spaces and clusters. Charting key debates and neglected connections between cities and media, this book challenges what we know about contemporary urban living and introduces innovative frameworks for understanding cities, media and their futures. As such, it will be an essential resource for students and scholars of media and communication studies, urban communication, urban sociology, urban planning and design, architecture, visual cultures, urban geography, art history, politics, cultural studies, anthropology and cultural policy studies, as well as those working with governmental agencies, cultural foundations and institutes, and policy think tanks.
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Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2019-11-29
Total Pages: 7278
ISBN-13: 0081022964
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors—in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens. This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking. Presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on the topic of human geography Contains extensive scope and depth of coverage Emphasizes how geographers interact with, understand and contribute to problem-solving in the contemporary world Places an emphasis on how geography is relevant in a social and interdisciplinary context
Author: T. M. Vinod Kumar
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-05-16
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9811923868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, based on international collaborative research, presents a state-of-the-art design for “Smart Master Planning” for all metropolises, megacities and meta cities as well as at sub-city zonal and community and neighborhood level. Smart Master Planning accepts that all cities are a smart city in making in a limited way as far as the six components for Smart Cities; namely, smart people, smart economy, smart environment, smart mobility and smart Governance are concerned. Smart Master Planning in any city can only be designed and executed by active roles of Smart People and Smart City Government and is a joint and synchronous effort of E-Democracy, E-Governance and ICT-IOT system in a 24 hour 7-day framework on all activities. In addition to use of Information and Communication Technologies, and Remote Sensing, the design of smart Master Planning utilizes domain specific tools of many aspects of a city to realize the coordinated, effective and efficient planning, management, development and conservation that improve ecological, social, biophysical, psychological and economic well-being in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of development ecosystems and stakeholders. This book will present 12 case studies covering more than 12 cities or more cities centered on domain-specific smart planning components. Case studies of Domain Innovations include Urban Land management, Master Planning for Water Management, Comprehensive Master Planning Innovations, Smart Use of Master Plan basics, Integrated Smart Master Planning, and Citizen-Centric Master Planning.
Author: Yonn Dierwechter
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 3030010155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe recent rise of cities in global environmental politics has stimulated remarkable debates about sustainable urban development and the geopolitics of a changing world order no longer defined by tightly bordered national regimes. This book explores this major theme by drawing on approaches that document the diverse histories and emergent geographies of “internationalism.” It is no longer possible, the book argues, to analyze the global politics of the environment without considering its various urbanization(s), wherein multiple actors are reforming, reassembling and adapting to nascent threats posed by global ecological decay. The ongoing imposition and abrasion of different world orders—Westphalian and post-Westphalian—further suggests we need a wider frame to capture new kinds of urbanized spaces and global green politics. The book will appeal to students, scholars, and practitioners interested in global sustainability, urban development, planning, politics, and international affairs. Case studies and grounded examples of green internationalism in urban action ultimately explore how select city-regions like Cape Town, Los Angeles, and Melbourne are trying to negotiate and actually work through this postulated dilemma.
Author: Jenny Kellett
Publisher: Bellanova Books
Published: 2023-05-23
Total Pages: 123
ISBN-13: 6192641773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnravel the Mysteries of Algebra Step into a thrilling mathematical escapade with "Algebra 1: The Mystery of the Algebraic Artifact"! This dynamic guide offers a unique spin on mastering Algebra 1 concepts, making it an excellent supplementary resource for students aged 11-13 (8th-9th grade) and a compelling teaching tool for educators. A Novel Approach to Learning No more wading through old-fashioned, dry textbooks! This book cleverly intertwines vital algebraic ideas into an exciting story that captures students' attention, making learning a captivating and effortless process. Essential Topics Uncovered Our journey uncovers all the key Algebra 1 concepts. The 19 exciting chapters delve into: • Equations and Expressions • Inequalities • Linear Functions • Exponents and Polynomials • Quadratic Equations • Systems of Equations • Compound Inequalities Reinforce and Validate Understanding Each chapter includes a comprehensive review and a carefully selected range of practice problems that reinforce understanding and allow the application of newly gained knowledge in various situations. These end-of-chapter exercises empower students to flex their algebraic muscles and gain confidence in their understanding. Ideal For "Algebra 1: The Mystery of the Algebraic Artifact" is a valuable resource for: • 8th-9th graders studying Algebra 1, aiming to supplement their learning with an engaging twist. • Parents looking for innovative methods to encourage and support their child's math education. • Teachers in search of an engaging, narrative-driven technique to illuminate algebra concepts. With "Algebra 1: The Mystery of the Algebraic Artifact", algebra becomes an epic quest filled with adventure and intrigue. Join us as we unlock the wonders of Algebra 1 and make math an exciting mystery to solve!
Author: Steven Flusty
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-03
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1135943346
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA novel theoretical account of globalization, this book argues that we must move away from top-down visions of the processes and concentrate on how ordinary people locked out of power structures create "globalities" of their own.
Author: Edward W. Soja
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2014-03-14
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 0520957636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, My Los Angeles provides a deep understanding of urban development and change over the past forty years in Los Angeles and other city regions of the world. Once the least dense American metropolis, Los Angeles is now the country’s densest urbanized area and one of the most culturally heterogeneous cities in the world. Soja takes us through this urban metamorphosis, analyzing urban restructuring, deindustrialization and reindustrialization, the globalization of capital and labor, and the formation of an information-intensive New Economy. By examining his own evolving interpretations of Los Angeles and the debates on the so-called Los Angeles School of urban studies, Soja argues that a radical shift is taking place in the nature of the urbanization process, from the familiar metropolitan model to regional urbanization. By looking at such concepts as new regionalism, the spatial turn, the end of the metropolis era, the urbanization of suburbia, the global spread of industrial urbanism, and the transformative urban-industrialization of China, Soja offers a unique and remarkable perspective on critical urban and regional studies.
Author: Tony Bennett
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-07-22
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 1000402207
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe increasing significance of managing or changing habits is evident across a range of pressing contemporary issues: climate change, waste management, travel practices, and crowd control. Assembling and Governing Habits engages with the diverse ways in which habits are governed through the knowledge practices and technologies that have been brought to bear on them. The volume addresses three main concerns. The first focuses on how the habit discourses proposed by a range of disciplines have informed the ways in which different forms of expertise have shaped the ways in which habits have been managed or changed to bring about specific social objectives. The second concerns the ways in which habits are acted on as aspects of infrastructures which constitute the interfaces through which technical systems, human conducts and environments are acted on simultaneously. The third concerns the specific ways in which habit discourses and habit infrastructures are brought together in the regulation of ‘city habits’: that is, habits which have specific qualities arising out of the specific conditions – the rhythms and densities – of urban life and ones which, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, have been profoundly disrupted. Written in a clear and direct style, the book will appeal to students and scholars with an interest in cultural studies, sociology, cultural geography, history of the sciences, and posthuman studies.
