Handbook of emerging 21st-century cities / edited by Kris Bezdecny, Kevin Archer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bezdecny, Kris, editor.

Archer, Kevin, 1957- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Pub., Inc., 2018.

Summary:

The majority of the world's population now live in cities, nearly a quarter of which boast populations of one million or more. The rise of globalisation has granted cities unprecedented significance, both politically and economically, leading to benefits and problems at national and international levels. The Handbook of Emerging 21st-Century Cities explores the changes that are occurring in cities, and the impacts that they are having, at the local, national and global scale. Bringing together voices from around the world, this Handbook provides an interdisciplinary view of the changes that are happening in emerging cities, examining a range of topics from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. With chapters covering changes in urban economies, social dynamics, and emerging technology this Handbook radically rethinks the dynamics of cities in the 21st century, including those in the global south. The Handbook of Emerging 21st-Century Cities is an important addition to the literature, and is a useful resource for students of geography, economics, sociology, anthropology and urban planning. Its insights will also be of value for public administrators and urban planners, and anyone else whose work impacts on, or is impacted by, cities.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Conceptualizing the emerging 21st century city / Kris Bezdecny and Kevin Archer

Part I: Emerging city theory

2. Strategic simplification and the urban politics of defining 'the city' / John Lauermann

3. Creating environmentally sustainable cities: not an easy task / Patrick Moriarty and Damon Honnery

4. Antifragility and the transformative idea of slow urbanism / Richard Bower

5. Uneven geographical development and the city: conceptualizing the fractalization of space / Kris Bezdecny

Part II: Cities as spaces of emerging power

6. China's new urbanization plan: crafting China's new cities or more of the cliché? / Yin-wah Chu

7. The impact of China on African cities: potentials for development / James T. Murphy, Pádraig Carmody, Richard Grant and Francis Owusu

8. Quality of life in Indian cities / Rumi Aijaz

9. Emerging digital cities of East Asia: Seoul, Singapore and Shanghai / Barney Warf

Part III: Cities as spaces of emerging economies

10. Mega urban developments in the Arabian Peninsula for a post-oil future / Burkay Pasin and Asli Ceylan Oner

11. Urbanization of poverty: the African city's challenge of the century / Owiti A. K'Akumu

12. Planned to fail: creating the global south in American south communities / William G. Holt

13. The U.S.-Mexico transfrontier metropolis: theoretical and empirical explorations / Lawrence A. Herzog

Part IV: Cities of emerging social dynamics

14. Inclusive growth and the urban question: some lessons from Asia / Ravi Ghadge

15. The institutionalization of the right to the city: the Spanish case / Vítor Peiteado Fernández

16. Border cities: urban growth and planning at the national periphery / Peter D. A. Wood

17. Loftification: the refurbished gentrification dynamic / Christiana Saldana

Part V: Cities as spaces of emerging technologies

18. Data-driven divides: smart cities and techno-racial segregation / Monica M. Brannon

19. Urban renewal in the hybrid city: using data for development / Emily Fekete

20. Applying critical cartography redress urban disinvestment and financial access for communities / Jason Richardson and Bruce Coffyn Mitchell

21. The spreadable city: urban exploration and connective media / André Jansson and Maja Klausen

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78471-228-0