Key Concepts in Urban Studies de Mark D. Gottdiener

Key Concepts in Urban Studies: SAGE Key Concepts series

Autor Mark D. Gottdiener, Leslie Budd, Panu Lehtovuori

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 dec 2015

Găsim în Key Concepts in Urban Studies un companion esențial, structurat sub forma unui glosar critic de concepte fundamentale, ideal pentru studenții de la sociologie, planificare urbană și politici publice. Această a doua ediție revizuită și extinsă marchează o evoluție necesară față de prima versiune, integrând o perspectivă globală mult mai pronunțată. Autorii nu se limitează la modelele occidentale clasice, ci analizează fenomene contemporane precum „orașele de vis” din statele Golfului sau mega-centrele urbane din China și India.

Putem afirma că forța acestui volum rezidă în capacitatea de a sintetiza teme complexe în intrări scurte, dar dense, care facilitează o înțelegere rapidă a dimensiunilor spațiale și sociale ale vieții urbane. De la concepte istorice, precum Școala de la Chicago, până la dezbateri actuale despre gentrificare, segregare și urbanism adaptiv, textul oferă trimiteri încrucișate și referințe bibliografice care încurajează cercetarea aprofundată. Descoperim aici o abordare critică a sustenabilității și a rolului consumului în modelarea peisajului urban modern.

În comparație cu Handbook of Urban Studies coordonat de Ronan Paddison, care oferă o privire de ansamblu teoretică și empirică exhaustivă pentru cercetători, volumul de față este mai accesibil și mai aplicat, fiind conceput special pentru uzul studenților. Dacă The City Reader se bazează pe antologii de texte clasice, Key Concepts in Urban Studies preferă o structură de tip dicționar tematic, facilitând navigarea rapidă între termeni precum de-teritorializarea, economia informală sau crizele financiare urbane.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781849201995
ISBN-10: 1849201994
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 170 x 242 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:Second Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications Ltd
Seria SAGE Key Concepts series

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este recomandată studenților și profesioniștilor care au nevoie de o clarificare rapidă a terminologiei specifice urbanismului contemporan. Ediția a doua aduce la zi dezbaterile despre sustenabilitate și dezvoltarea urbană în Asia și Orientul Mijlociu. Cititorul câștigă o bază teoretică solidă și o perspectivă critică asupra modului în care orașele globale evoluează sub presiunea globalizării și a noilor modele de consum.

Despre autor

Mark D. Gottdiener este profesor emerit de sociologie la Universitatea din Buffalo (SUNY), fiind o figură centrală în sociologia urbană modernă. Leslie Budd este Reader în științe sociale la Open University, aducând expertiză în dinamica economică și socială a orașelor. Panu Lehtovuori, profesor de teoria planificării la Universitatea de Tehnologie din Tampere, completează echipa cu o perspectivă arhitecturală și de design urban. Împreună, cei trei autori oferă o viziune multidisciplinară asupra complexității fenomenului urban global.

Descriere scurtă

"Key Concepts in Urban Studies is written in an accessible, concise way and introduces students to the key topics in urban studies. Drawing examples from different parts of the world, this authoritative resource exposes students to the diverse forms that cities take, and the social, spatial and temporal dimensions of urban living. It is an essential resource for students across disciplines interested in the city."
- Lily Kong, Singapore Management University

"An insightful multidisciplinary introduction to the multifarious places, processes and problems that constitute modern cities. Its short, digestible entries unpack the complexity and evolution of urban conditions, offering cross-references between concepts and links to key literature and to useful current and historical examples. The book’s clear, often sharp critical edge also encourages deeper enquiry."
- Quentin Stevens, School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University

Key Concepts in Urban Studies is an essential companion for students of urban studies, urban sociology, urban politics, urban planning and urban development.

This revised edition has been updated and expanded to provide a keen global focus, particularly in emerging economies with discussions on the creation of “dream cities” in the Gulf States and a renewed emphasis on building mega-scaled “downtowns” in India and China. New features include:

Contemporary and international examples throughout.
Detailed entries on environmental concerns and the sustainability of urban development.
Discussion of the role of consumption in city culture and urban development.
New entries on modern urban planning and adaptive urbanism.

Key Concepts in Urban Studies is a must-have text with an explicit focus on contemporary urbanism which students will find invaluable during their studies.

Mark Gottdiener is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at The University at Buffalo (SUNY). Leslie Budd is Reader in Social Science at the Open University. Panu Lehtovuori is Professor of Planning Theory at Tampere University of Technology.

Recenzii

Key Concepts in Urban Studies is written in an accessible, concise way and introduces students to the key topics in urban studies. Drawing examples from different parts of the world, this authoritative resource exposes students to the diverse forms that cities take, and the social, spatial and temporal dimensions of urban living. It is an essential resource for students across disciplines interested in the city.

This book provides an insightful multidisciplinary introduction to the multifarious places, processes and problems that constitute modern cities. Its short, digestible entries unpack the complexity and evolution of urban conditions, offering cross-references between concepts and links to key literature and to useful current and historical examples. The book’s clear, often sharp critical edge also encourages deeper enquiry.

The authors do not profess to address all concepts in the field of urban studies, but rather present topics that they deem appropriate and include commentaries that reflect their own expertise and perspectives. As such, some topics that existed in the First Edition have been either rewritten or combined in this Second Edition, and six new topics have been inserted, including Sustainable Urbanization, Temporary Uses and Adaptive Urbanism, and Globalization and Meltdown. Furthermore, the authors have expanded the cases and examples given throughout the book to stretch beyond UK and US experiences.
The strengths of the book are many and varied. Focusing on the ‘essential’ topics in urban studies, the book outlines key concepts in a way that is both authoritative and accessible... Locating key concepts within the wider international body of literature, the book is able to cross reference many strands of theory and research relevant to an impressively wide array of subjects. The book offers the reader a range of contemporary and international examples in order to aid understanding, with up-to-date statistical evidence presented in easy to read tables, graphs and charts.

Written as a study aid as well as a practical guide to the comprehension of the main issues in urban studies, the extensive links to the key literature
make this a very good vehicle for encouraging students to develop a deeper understanding of what can be very complex issues.
The authors provide short or longer essays—ranging from several paragraphs to page-long entries—oncore terms and concepts in the field. The strength of this assemblage by Gottdiener (Univ. at Buffalo), Budd (The OpenUniv.), and Lehtovuori (Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland) is its critical approach to the concepts and, in many entries, its overview of historical and contemporary theories and perspectives on them. The work will be valuable as an introductory or a companion reader for undergraduate and graduate students in urban studies, urban planning, urban design, and related fields, providing a starting point or context for in-depth exploration of concepts and theories. Content is substantially different from the first edition. New entries were added (e.g., "Temporary Uses and Adaptive Urbanism") and a few entries omitted to reflect changing emphases in the field. Much content was rewritten, consolidated, condensed, and updated. Geographic coverage was expanded beyond the US and UK, particularly to include perspectives and practices from Asia.

Cuprins

Chicago School
The City
The City and Beyond
Classifications and Definitions of Places
Community Development Programmes
Cultures and Lifestyles
De-Territorialisation and Re-Territorialisation
Financial and Fiscal Crises
Gendered Spaces
Gentrification and Urban Re-development
Global Cities and Regionalization
Globalization and Meltdown
Housing
Immigration, Migration and Demography
Inequality and Poverty
Informal Economy
Models of Urban Growth
Modern Urban Planning
Multi-Centered Metropolitan Regions
Neighbourhood
Nightscapes and Urban Escapades
Planning and Public Space
Preservation and Conservation
The Primate City
Real Estate
Segregation and Hyper-Segregation
Slums and Shanty Towns
Social Production of Space
Sprawl
Suburbs and Suburbanisation
Sustainable Urbanization
Temporary uses and Adaptive Urbanism
Urban and Suburban Politics
Urban Violence and Crime
Urbanization and Urbanism

Descriere

A long awaited, fully-revised edition of this popular, inter-disciplinary student guide to urban studies.