Gulf capital flows to Amman, Jordan, in the early twenty-first century and the investment of this capital in large-sale urban developments have significantly transformed the city s built environment. Therefore, to understand urban transformation in Amman during this period it is important to analyse it against the backdrop of Gulf capital and its integration into Jordan s economy and the integration of both the country s economy and Gulf capital into the global capitalist economy.
This book analyses three cases of megaprojects planned for the city in the early twenty-first century:...
Gulf capital flows to Amman, Jordan, in the early twenty-first century and the investment of this capital in large-sale urban developments have sig...
Baltimore: Reinventing an Industrial Legacy City is an exploration into the reinvention, self-reflection, and boosterism of US legacy cities, taking Baltimore as the case study model to reveal the larger narrative. Author Klaus Philipsen investigates the modern urban condition and the systemic problems involved with adapting metropolitan regions into equitable and sustainable communities, covering topics such as growth, urban sprawl, the depletion of cities, social justice, smart city and open data, transportation, community development, sustainability and diversity. Baltimore s...
Baltimore: Reinventing an Industrial Legacy City is an exploration into the reinvention, self-reflection, and boosterism of US legacy citi...
As a main urban centre of one of the most dynamic European regions, Milan is a key location from which to study narratives of innovations and contemporary productions - old and new manufacturing, tertiary and consumptive sectors, creative and cultural economy - and investigate their influence both on spatial patterns and urban policy agenda.
Accordingly, this book explores the contentious geographies of innovation, productions and working spaces, both empirically and theoretically in a city that, since the beginning of the 2000s, has been involved in a process of urban change, with...
As a main urban centre of one of the most dynamic European regions, Milan is a key location from which to study narratives of innovations and conte...
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Tasmania, 2014) under the title: Textual representations of the socio-urban history of Baghdad: critical approaches to the historiography of Baghdad in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Tasmania, 2014) under the title: Textual representations of the socio-urban histo...
