Seeing the city : interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of the urban / edited by Nanke Verloo, Luca Bertolini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Verloo, Nanke, editor.

Bertolini, Luca, editor.

Series:

Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity ; volume 6.

Perspectives on interdisciplinarity ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Research--Methodology.

Cities and towns.

Cities and towns--Research--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Cities and towns--Research.

Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Physical Description:

291 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]

Summary:

The city is a complex object. Some researchers look at its shape, others at its people, animals, ecology, policy, infrastructures, buildings, history, art, or technical networks. Some researchers analyse processes of in- or exclusion, gentrification, or social mobility; others biological evolution, traffic flows, or spatial development. Many combine these topics or add still more topics beyond this list. Some projects cross the boundaries of research and practice and engage in action research, while others pursue knowledge for the sake of curiosity. This volume embraces this variety of perspectives and provides an essential collection of methodologies for studying the city from multiple, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary perspectives. We start by recognizing that the complexity of the urban environment cannot be understood from a single vantage point. We therefore offer multiple methodologies in order to gather and analyse data about the city, and provide ways to connect and integrate these approaches. The contributors form a talented network of urban scholars and practitioners at the forefront of their fields. They offer hands-on methodological techniques and skills for data collection and analysis. Furthermore, they reveal honest and insightful reflections from behind the scenes. All methodologies are illustrated with examples drawn from the authors own research applying them in the city of Amsterdam. In this way, the volume also offers a rich collection of Amsterdam-based research and outcomes that may inform local urban practitioners and policy makers. Altogether, the volume offers indispensable tools for and aims to educate a new generation of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary-minded urban scholars and practitioners.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Luca Bertolini

Seeing the city

Seeing Amsterdam

Seeing this volume

References

2. Quantitative data collection: A meta view / Willem Boterman

Introduction

Origins of quantitative data collection and uses: the census

Collecting survey data

Administrative data

Big data

Conclusion

3. Urban ethnography and participant observations: Studying the city from within / Nanke Verloo

Why studying the city from within?

`Thick description', limitations, and underlying assumptions

Preparing for ethnographic fieldwork

Doing fieldwork

Representing and interpreting ethnographic data

Reflectivity and positionality

Conclusions

4. Sensing the city through new forms of urban data / Achilleas Psyllidis

Physical sensor data

Mobile phone data

Social media data

User-generated & POI-based web data

Summary

5. Interviewing in urban research / Fenne M. Pinkster

The purpose of interviewing

Developing the methodology: research sample

Constructing an interview guide

Ethical considerations and interview protocol

Going into the field

The art of interviewing

Processing your data while in the field

6. Digging in the crates: Archival research and historical primary sources / Tim Verlaan

What is an archive, and what lurks inside?

Setting foot in murky waters

7. Reading spaces: A cultural analysis approach / Daan Wesselman

Object selection, research questions, and analytical toolkit

Analyzing aesthetics and discourse

Reflection

General conclusion

8. The practice of institutional analysis in urban contexts / Federico Savini

Objectives and motives of institutional analysis

Distinguishing and connecting levels of analysis departing from institutional tensions

Setting operational grids to set up the analysis

Gathering and analyzing data in a targeted way

The challenges of institutional analysis

9. Household preferences and hedonic pricing / Jan Rouwendal

Micro-economic foundations

Econometric estimation of hedonic price functions

10. Urban research in another dimension: methods for modelling historical cities / Claartje Rasterhoff

Mapping and modeling methods

From dusty old archives to fuzzy new data

Urban mapping and models

11. Mapping the city: Geographic Information Systems and science in urban research / Rowan Arundel

Introduction: space matters

Geographic Information Science and Systems

Applying a GIS approach to research

12. Methods for studying urban biodiversity / Gerard Oostermeijer

Describing biodiversity

General conclusions

13. Action research in the city: developing collaborative governance arrangements for the urban commons / Stan Majoor

Introduction: Making the city together through action research

Performing action research: Becoming a contributive actor

Using a conceptual model to foster systemic transformation

14. Streetlabs as a co-creative approach to Research Through Design / Bas Raijmakers

Streetlabs: a co-creative and collaborative approach

Initial exploration and reframing

Streetlab Facilitation

Orchestrating conversations around current situation (AS IS) and future situation (TO BE)

Documentation and analysis of the stories and ideas collected

Delivering the results

Implementation & Reflection

Recommendations for further reading

15. Too many cities in the city? Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary city research methods and the challenge of integration / Nanke Verloo

Introduction: Interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and action research of a city in lockdown

Setting the stage: establishing an ID/TD research team

Integrating disciplinary perspectives

Interdisciplinary research as an iterative process of mutual learning

16. Exploring city science / Caroline Nevejan

The need for city science

Current collaborations between cities and universities

Research, Policy and Design

City science, the research process

Research design

Discussion and future research

17. Conclusions / Nanke Verloo

What did we see and understand?

How did we progress?

What did we miss?

Agenda for Urban Research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789463728942

9463728945

OCLC:

1197571322