For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the worlds people. Analysing cities through spatial understanding, City Worlds explores how different worlds within the city are brought into close proximity. The authors outline new ways to address the ambiguities of cities: their promise and potential, their problems and threats.
For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the worlds ...
For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the worlds people. Analysing cities through spatial understanding, City Worlds explores how different worlds within the city are brought into close proximity. The authors outline new ways to address the ambiguities of cities: their promise and potential, their problems and threats.
For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the worlds ...
In an age of expansive global networks, huge migration flows, and rapid transnational connections, cities are increasingly the focus of movement and change. There is a real sense in which cities are the crucible of the new, where cultures, people and environments combine in various settled and often less settled ways. This study offers a way of understanding the global nature of cities, where their very openness has served to shape their dynamism and character. Based on the assumption that cities cannot be understood apart from one another and the wider relationships which bind them, the book...
In an age of expansive global networks, huge migration flows, and rapid transnational connections, cities are increasingly the focus of movement and c...
This text examines the global nature of cities - cities whose openness has shaped their dynamism and character. It explores cities as sites of movement, migration and settlement where different peoples, cultures and environments combine. Unsettling Cities explores the mix of proximity and difference that exists in the rich and diverse texture of city life. The contributors reveal the association between the changing fortunes of cities and the power and influence of global networks.
This text examines the global nature of cities - cities whose openness has shaped their dynamism and character. It explores cities as sites of move...
Cities are places of mixing and meeting - places where different worlds encounter one another on the streets. Yet cities are all too often seen as unruly places in need of government and control. This work asks questions about the ways in which cities mix different worlds. Taking a fresh approach to issues of order and disorder and extending spatial understanding of cities, the book develops insights into city life, using a variety of examples drawn from around the world. It challenges the common-place assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled...
Cities are places of mixing and meeting - places where different worlds encounter one another on the streets. Yet cities are all too often seen as unr...
Cities are places of mixing and meeting - places where different worlds encounter one another on the streets. Yet cities are all too often seen as unruly places in need of government and control. This work asks questions about the ways in which cities mix different worlds. Taking a fresh approach to issues of order and disorder and extending spatial understanding of cities, the book develops insights into city life, using a variety of examples drawn from around the world. It challenges the common-place assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled...
Cities are places of mixing and meeting - places where different worlds encounter one another on the streets. Yet cities are all too often seen as unr...
