Urbanisation, unlimited [electronic resource] : a thematic journey / Johannes Fiedler.
2014
HT361
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Urbanisation, unlimited [electronic resource] : a thematic journey / Johannes Fiedler.
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Urbanisierung, globale. English
ISBN
9783319035871 electronic book
3319035878 electronic book
9783319035864
3319035878 electronic book
9783319035864
Published
Cham : Springer, [2014].
Copyright
©2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-03587-1 doi
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HT361
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.76
Summary
In a series of essays, the process of urbanisation a human mega-trend acquiring unprecedented scale and speed as globalisation proceeds is examined in the most diverse contexts and stages of development. Drawing on scientific references and identifying recurring themes like dispersion, privatisation and vitality, Fiedler devises the glossary for a cross-cultural understanding of the global urban system emerging. Images and anecdotal evidence reconnect these themes to local realities. The tone of the essays conveys a post-voluntarist attitude, derived from many years of professional experience critical of both neoliberal practices and determinist ideas. To condemn the reality of global urbanization is fruitless, writes Johannes Fiedler in this unlimited view of a world of constant motion, subject no longer to just its planetary rotations, but also to the constant push and pull of its various populations, some of whose giant constructions shift the earths axis. From the foreword by Lars Lerup.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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