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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Prell, Uwe,
• Radosh, Laura,
• Reusch, Ute,

Titel

The city : an interdisciplinary introduction to urban studies

Ort / Verlag

Opladen, Germany : Verlag Barbara Budrich,

Erscheinungsjahr

[2022]

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• "Verlag Barbara Budrich"
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Frontmatter -- Cover -- Uwe Prell: The City -- THE CITY IS THE ANSWER. BUT WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? -- NOTE ON THE ENGLISH EDITION -- Table of contents -- I. THE DIFFICULTIES OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY -- II. ON THE BENEFITS OF A TOOL -- III. THEORY -- A. The science of the city -- 1. The big picture (urbanism) -- 2. City as society (sociology and urban sociology) -- 3. City as market (economics and urban economics) -- 4. City as natural environment ((urban) geography, urban environmental management, and climate research) -- 5. City as design space (spatial planning, urban planning, architecture, and urban morphology) -- 6. City as policy (law) -- 7. City as memory space (history) -- 8. City as hope and disappointment (philosophy) -- 9. Ways out of no man's land (political science) -- 10. The city: a puzzle -- B. The grand narratives -- 1. The good city (Aristotle) -- 2. The multifunctional city (Werner Sombart) -- 3. Politics, the market, and city types (Max Weber) -- 4. The blasé city dweller (Georg Simmel) -- 5. The dense city (Lewis Wirth and the Chicago School) -- 6. No city (Jürgen Friedrichs) -- 7. The global city (Saskia Sassen) -- 8. The ordinary city (Ash Amin and Stephen Graham) -- 9. The open city (Richard Sennett) -- 10. The experts' insights -- C. The wisdom of languages: the city is… -- 1. The city is dense infrastructure (Egyptian) -- 2. The city is citizenship (Greek) -- 3. The city is power politics (Latin) -- 4. The city is structured densification (Spanish) -- 5. The city is lifestyle (French) -- 6. The city is relevance (English) -- 7. The city is rights (German) -- 8. The city is the centre (Russian) -- 9. The city is civilization (Arabic) -- 10. The city is prosperity (Hindi) -- 11. The city is the economy (Chinese) -- 12. The city is a hub (Japanese) -- 13. The genes of the city -- IV. PRACTICE -- A. Zooming in.
• B. Terms, concepts, and city types -- 1. Megacity -- 2. Global city -- 3. Capital city -- 4. Arrival city -- 5. Smart city -- 6. Neoliberal city -- 7. Virus city -- 8. Shrinking city and lost city -- 9. Terms, concepts, and city types: valuable patterns? -- C. Urban issues -- 1. Immigration and emigration -- 2. Housing and living -- 3. Society and the economy -- 4. Movement and standstill -- 5. Analogue and digital -- 6. City and countryside -- 7. City and world -- 8. City and environment -- 9. Diversity and reciprocities -- V. OUR FUTURE WILL BE DECIDED IN AND WITH THE CITY -- Literature -- Index -- Backmatter -- U4.
• Researchers, lecturers, and students of urban studies, sociology, political science, and geography.
• PD Dr. phil. habil. Uwe Prell holds a doctorate in Political Science, habilitated in History, and is an author and lecturer in Berlin, Germany.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 21, 2022)