Download or read book Dynamics of Public Space in a Globalizing City written by Helene Grenzebach and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban public space is being redefined and revaluated in the emerging megacity of Hyderabad. In everyday life, exclusion takes place, but also the corresponding persistence of groups perceived as backward and undeveloped. Elites try to shape globally competitive cities attractive for foreign investment: they see the disappearance of street vending as progress, yet vendors can still be found everywhere. Illustrated by a case study, this book uses the production of public space to exemplify ambivalent outcomes of change: as a new aesthetic is implemented, access to public space becomes contested and its appropriate use is redefined.

Download or read book Performing Citizenship written by Paula Hildebrandt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book discusses how citizenship is performed today, mostly through the optic of the arts, in particular the performing arts, but also from the perspective of a wide range of academic disciplines such as urbanism and media studies, cultural education and postcolonial theory. It is a compendium that includes insights from artistic and activist experimentation. Each chapter investigates a different aspect of citizenship, such as identity and belonging, rights and responsibilities, bodies and materials, agencies and spaces, and limitations and interventions. It rewrites and rethinks the many-layered concept of citizenship by emphasising the performative tensions produced by various uses, occupations, interpretations and framings.

Download or read book Contemporary Co housing in Europe written by Pernilla Hagbert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates co-housing as an alternative housing form in relation to sustainable urban development. Co-housing is often lauded as a more sustainable way of living. The primary aim of this book is to critically explore co-housing in the context of wider social, economic, political and environmental developments. This volume fills a gap in the literature by contextualising co-housing and related housing forms. With focus on Denmark, Sweden, Hamburg and Barcelona, the book presents general analyses of co-housing in these contexts and provides specific discussions of co-housing in relation to local government, urban activism, family life, spatial logics and socio-ecology. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in a broad range of social-scientific fields concerned with housing, urban development and sustainability, as well as to planners, decision-makers and activists.

Download or read book Corporate Urban Responsibility written by Hans-Hermann Albers and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Themen Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) und nachhaltiges Wirtschaften haben sich inzwischen in den meisten Unternehmen etabliert. Angesichts des gesellschaftlichen und ökonomischen Strukturwandels, Privatisierung und begrenzter finanzieller Möglichkeiten des Staates werden Unternehmen jedoch auch zunehmend in Deutschland als engagierte Akteure für Stadtentwicklungsmodelle eingebunden. Wie beeinflusst dies Architektur und Städtebau? Hans-Hermann Albers verdeutlicht anhand von Fallbeispielen Chancen und Risiken der unternehmerischen Einflussnahme auf die Gestaltung und Nutzung städtischer Räume.

Download or read book Land Development Strategies written by Erwin Hepperle and published by vdf Hochschulverlag AG. This book was released on 2009 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Faculty of Land Use and Development, founded in 1980 in Strasbourg, takes a multidisciplinary approach to sustainable land management, in particular in regard to urban development, spatial planning and environmental aspects. The contributions to this volume (German/English) discuss strategies of spatial planning. The experts come from disciplines as diverse as geodesy, jurisprudence, spatial planning, philosophy, economy and political sciences.

Download or read book Hamburg HafenCity und das Recht auf Stadt written by Andreas Sonntag and published by kassel university press GmbH. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Städte stehen im Mittelpunkt unseres Lebens und sind Schmelztiegel von Kulturen. Rund 2/3 der deutschen Bevölkerung lebt im urbanen Raum und noch mehr haben ihren Arbeitsplatz in diesen. Aber wem gebührt das Recht an eben jenem intensiv genutzten Raum und welchen Planungs- und Entwicklungsparadigmen unterliegt dieser? Nach einem einführenden Versuch der Abgrenzung des ruralen vom urbanen Raum auf Basis der Anwendung eines statistisch-administrativen Stadtbegriffs, einer soziologischen Betrachtungsweise und einer Bestimmung auf Grundlage von Interdependenzen folgt eine Herausarbeitung des „Recht[s] auf Stadt“. Hierbei rücken die als weitere Rechte interpretierbaren Forderungen nach dem „Recht auf Zentralität“, dem „Recht auf Differenz“, dem „Recht auf Mediation“ und dem „Recht auf Freiheit“ in den Fokus. Dieses dient als Grundlage zur Bestimmung von technischer und sozialer Beschleunigung, deren Auswirkungen auf den urbanen Raum und ihren Verknüpfungen mit dem „Recht auf Stadt“. Abschließend werden die Ergebnisse dieser theoretischen Analyse auf den konkreten Raum, der HafenCity in Hamburg, übertragen und im Kontext der aktueller Stadtentwicklungsperspektiven interpretiert. Vor dem Hintergrund von kulturpolitischen Widersprüchen und Spannungen stellt diese Arbeit eine Möglichkeit der Überwindung einer rein ressourcentechnischen Betrachtung von „Nachhaltigkeit“ dar.

Download or read book Urban Uprisings written by Margit Mayer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the waves of protests, from spontaneous uprisings to well-organized forms of collective action, which have shaken European cities over the last decade. It shows how analysing these protests in connection with the structural context of neoliberal urbanism and its crises is more productive than standard explanations. Processes of neoliberalisation have caused deeply segregated urban landscapes defined by deepening social inequality, rising unemployment, racism, securitization of urban spaces and welfare state withdrawal, particularly from poor peripheral areas, where tensions between marginalized youth and police often manifest in public spaces. Challenging a conventional distinction made in research on protest, the book integrates a structural analysis of processes of large scale urban transformation with analyses of the relationship between 'riots' and social movement action in nine countries: France, Greece, England, Germany, Spain, Poland, Denmark, Sweden and Turkey.

Download or read book Architecture and the Social Sciences written by Maria Manuela Mendes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to current debates on the relationship between architecture and the social sciences, highlighting current interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teaching as well as research and practice in architecture and urbanism. It also raises awareness about the complementarities and tensions between the spaces of the project, including the construction spaces and living space. It gives voice to recent projects and socio-territorial interventions, focusing on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches between society and space. Divided into two parts, the first part discusses the possible dialogue between social sciences and architecture, while the second part explores architecture, politics and social change in urban territories from a European perspective.

Download or read book Critical Urban Studies written by Jonathan S. Davies and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays reevaluating and challenging the critiques of the urban studies field

Download or read book The Law of Coastal Adaptation written by Linda Schumacher and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work investigates law as an instrument to deal with the challenges of sea level rise. As the two countries chosen as examples differ significantly in their adaptation strategies and the corresponding legal regulations, the author presents general ideas on how any legal framework facing similar challenges could be improved. In particular, (flood) risk assessments, coastal defences and flood-resistant design as well as spatial and land use planning are discussed, including managed retreat. Moreover, conflicts as well as potential synergies of coastal adaptation and nature conservation are examined.Due to the thorough analysis this book is not just an essential read for policymakers and researchers interested in the coastal area but climate change adaptation in general as many general findings are transferrable to other impacts.

Download or read book The Improvisation of Space written by Christopher Dell and published by Jovis Verlag. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume investigates one of the most significant shifts in contemporary urban research: the shift from an object- to an action-related perspective on the city. Outlining a critical urban theory from an improvisational perspective, the book shows why this transition might change our understanding of the city at large and make us reconsider the role of architecture and urban design, as well as their representations. The German theorist, composer, and musician Christopher Dell, widely known for his writings, performances, and teaching about urban design theory, explores the question of making in a constellation of matter, things, embodiment, active living, and discourse. Insightful and engagingly written, this extraordinary volume offers, for the first time in English, a far-reaching narrative that examines the improvisation of space and reflects multifaceted aspects of the city today. The book assembles a unique collection of images and essays, providing a substantial new contribution and advancement in the field of urban research."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper

Download or read book Data Access Consumer Interests and Public Welfare written by Deutschland Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data are considered to be key for the functioning of the data economy as well as for pursuing multiple public interest concerns. Against this backdrop this book strives to device new data access rules for future legislation. To do so, the contributions first explain the justification for such rules from an economic and more general policy perspective. Then, building on the constitutional foundations and existing access regimes, they explore the potential of various fields of the law (competition and contract law, data protection and consumer law, sector-specific regulation) as a basis for the future legal framework. The book also addresses the need to coordinate data access rules with intellectual property rights and to integrate these rules as one of multiple measures in larger data governance systems. Finally, the book discusses the enforcement of the Government's interest in using privately held data as well as potential data access rights of the users of connected devices.

Download or read book Perspectives on Platform Regulation written by Judit Bayer and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online social media platforms set the agenda and structure for public and private communication in our age. Their influence and power is beyond any traditional media empire. Their legal regulation is a pressing challenge, but currently, they are mainly governed by economic pressures. There are now diverse legislative attempts to regulate platforms in various parts of the world. The European Union and most of its Member States have historically relied on soft law, but are now looking to introduce regulation. Leading researchers of the field analyse the hard questions and the responses given by various states. The book offers legislative solutions from various parts of the world, compares regulatory concepts and assesses the use of algorithms.

Download or read book The Modernizing Process in Turkey written by Hatice Karakuş Öztürk and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the continuity and historical and sociological ruptures experienced by Turkey during its process of modernisation. The author's aim is to reveal Turkey's social structure through theoretical and empirical examinations and by using certain problems as a point of reference. The topics she discusses are gender, space, borders and immigration, urbanity, economic activities, Turkey's social fabric, citizenship, childhood, family, and the transformations in the country's politics and culture. Dr. Hatice Karaku Ozturk has written studies on fields such as childhood, bullying, and the sociology of the family and gender. She lives in Hopa, Artvin, where she is a faculty member of the department of sociology at Artvin Coruh University.

Download or read book Plato in Poland 1800 1950 written by Tomasz Mróz and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book attempts to make Polish Plato reception available to non-Polish readers. The years 1800-1950 cover essential phaenomena in modern Polish philosophy, for they encompass periods of reception of Western philosophical trends and the development of the Lvov-Warsaw school, neo-Messianism and neo-Scholasticism. The book discusses how each of these phaenomena contributed to interpreting Plato. The material is divided into three main parts focused on various types of reception.

Download or read book Large Infrastructure Projects in Germany written by Genia Kostka and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an analysis of why some large infrastructure projects are delayed or compromised and offers important insights into the better delivery of future projects. It provides an important reaction to the ambitious €315 billion investment plan devised by the European Commission, wherein Europe's infrastructure is a key investment target. Germany is adopted as a focus, as Europe's largest economy, and a nation that has seen significant delays and tensions in the delivery of key infrastructure projects. The contributions to this volume demonstrate various patterns for infrastructure assets and illustrate how factors such as poor project governance, early planning mistakes, inappropriate risk management and unforeseen technological challenges influence delivery. The in-depth case studies on the Berlin Brandenburg Airport, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and offshore wind parks show how project delivery can face massive problems, and illuminating solutions are offered to these problems. Overall, the case of Germany also offers the opportunity to assess various new forms of project delivery, such as public-private partnerships (PPP), and the risks and opportunities of ambitious first-mover 'pioneer' projects. The book will be of great interest for scholars and upper-level students of human geography, business and management, as well as policy makers.

Download or read book International Investment Law written by Marc Bungenberg and published by Hart Pub Limited. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 2000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International investment law is a subject of growing importance and complexity. Anyone interested in international investment law will appreciate the comprehensive, thoughtful and detailed exploration of this area which this distinguished group of German scholars have provided.