Short The Unequal City

Urban Resurgence, Displacement and The Making of Inequality in Global Cities
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-98726-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 220 Seiten

Reihe: Regions and Cities

In recent years there has been intense scholarly and public interest in the changing nature of cities. Cities around the world have seen an increase in population and capital investments in land and building, a shift in central city populations as the poor are forced out, and a radical restructuring of urban space.

The Unequal City tells the story of urban change and acts as a comprehensive guide to the Urban Now. A number of trends are examined including: the role of liquid capital; the resurgence of population; the construction of megaprojects and hosting of global megaevents; the role of the new rich; and the emergence of a new middle class. This book explores the reasons behind the displacement of the poor to the suburbs and beyond. Drawing upon case studies from around the world, readers are exposed to an examination of the urban projects that involve the reuse of older industrial spaces, the greening of the cities, and the securitization of the public spaces.

This book draws on political economy, cultural and political analysis, and urban geography approaches in order to consider the multifaceted nature of the process and its global unfolding. It will be essential reading to those interested in urban studies, economic geography, urban economics, urban sociology, urban planning and globalization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Short, John Rennie

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Chapter 1 Cities of The Urban Now

Chapter 2 Displacements

Chapter 3 Capital and The Making of The Unequal City

Chapter 4 The Urban Arena: Contesting The Unequal City

Chapter 5 New People, New Cities

Chapter 6 Revalorizing Space and Time

Chapter 7 Big Urbanism

Chapter 8 Marketing The City

Chapter 9 New Urban Ecologies

Chapter 10 Imaginaries of the Urban Future

Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Rennie Short is a Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.