Port Cities : Dynamic Landscapes and Global Networks

ISBN-13: 9780415780421 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 304 str.

Carola Hein;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

Scholars from multiple disciplines explore similarities, dissimilarities and the ways in which sea-based networking influences urban landscapes and architecture, socio-economic and cultural development from the 19th to the 21st centuries.

Spis treści

1.  Changing Urban Patterns in Port Cities: History, Present, and Future  Part I: Port Cities: Global Networks and Urban Form  2. Migration, Trade and the Atlantic Port Cities   3. Shipping Chinatowns and Container Terminals  4. Seaport Cities  5. Port Cities and the Global Exchange of Planning Ideas  Part 2: Regional Dynamics of Port Cities: Politics, People and the Built Environment  6. Trade, Politics and City Space(s) in Mediterranean Ports  7.  Mercantile Elites in the Ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam    8. Treaty Ports of China   9. Staring at the Sea, Staring at the Land  10. Town Planning, Architecture, and Migration in the Port Cities of the Suez Canal Area  Part 3: Landscapes of the Port City: Global case studies 11. Hamburg's waterfront redevelopment    12. New York City: How its Port Shaped Its Architecture  13. Hong Kong: Transformative Image as a Port City  14. Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port: Trade, Territory and Infrastructure  14. Conclusions: Patterns of Global Architecture in Port Cities