Introduction: Gender in the post-Fordist Urban -- 1. Urban theory: Feminist Urban Studies and the Urban Gender Revolution -- 2. Imagineering: Social Engineering through Gendered Mythmaking -- 3. Planning: Attracting Women and Children as New Urbanites -- 4. Social Policy: Targeting Women in Urban Policies – Producing Subject-Positions -- Conclusions: the City as a Potent Muscleman in Pink Sti…
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¿Dónde Está Highland? .- Public Space and the Rights-Rift .- Rights to Public Space .- Vacant Space -- Temporary Space .- Sidewalk Space -- Street Space -- Park Space -- Coda: Now what?.This book examines the roles that public space plays in gentrification. Considering both cultural norms of public behavior and the municipal regulation of behavior in public, it shows how commonplace …
1. City and Society -- 2. In Search of the City -- 3. Industrialization and Urbanization of Early Capitalism -- 4. Triumph and Tribulations of the Mass-Production Metropolis -- 5. Cities in a Globalizing World -- 6. The Third Wave -- 7. Mainsprings of Resurgence -- 8. Social Differentiation and Forms of Life -- 9. Through the Kaleidoscope -- 10. The Urban Commonwealth.This book presents an expl…
1. Introduction -- 2. In the Shadow of Lady Liberty -- 3. Broken Windows or Breaking Communities -- 4. The Impact of Broken Window on Police Practices in New York City -- 4. Analytical Methods -- 5. Analytical Results -- 6. Discussion and Conclusion.This book analyzes New York City’s stop-and-frisk data both pre- and post-constitutionality ruling, examining the existence of both profiling and…
Chapter 1. Abstract -- Chapter 2. Introduction -- Chapter 3. Conceptual Context -- Chapter 4. Test Case: The Planning Process of Haifa’s Range Artery -- Chapter 5. Test Case: The Planning Process of Tel Aviv’s Shlavìm Artery -- Chapter 6. Evaluation of the Participation Methods’ Effectiveness -- Chapter 7. Discussion: Comparison of Methods of Public Participation -- Chapter 8. Public Par…
1. Theories of Urban Growth, Sustainability, and Transparent Development -- 2. The Speculative Growth Paradigm in the History of Phoenix -- 3. A History of Property Development and Ownership in Downtown Phoenix -- 4. The Political Economy of Land Speculation in Downtown Phoenix -- 5. Policy Approaches to Transparent Urban Development in Phoenix.This book studies both the tangible benefits and s…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Guangzhou – The Road to Regaining Its Central City Status -- Chapter 3. Shenzhen – Innovation and Governments’ Roles in Reform and Development -- Chapter 4. Fuzhou – Re-energizing Regional Economic Development and the Changing Urban Functions -- Chapter 5. Shanghai – Urban Development and Regional Integration through Mega Projects -- Chapter 6. Ha…
In this book, an international team of urban anthropologists, sociologists, and ethnographers argue that politics, intergroup relations, and development in cities cannot be understood without reference to the local contexts that endow each city with specific characteristics. They also show how local urban economic, social, and cultural lives are influenced by powerful external forces. In these …
Introduction -- A Triplet under focus: innovation, design, city -- Cities as enablers of innovation -- Innovation and design -- Design enabled innovation in urban environments.Open AccessThis book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. .