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Identity of Cities and City of Identities

English · Hardback

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This book explores the hybridity of urban identities in multiple dimensions and at multiple scales, how they form as catalysts and mechanisms for urban transitions, and how they develop as city branding strategies and urban regeneration methods. Due to rapid globalisation, the notion of identity has become scarcer, more fragile, and inarguably more important. Given the significance of place and displacement for contemporary everyday life, and the continuous advancement of technologies, identifying relations and values that define humans and their environments in various ways has become crucial.
Divided into seven chapters, this book provides extensive coverage of 'urban identity', an often-overlooked topic in the fields of urbanism, urban geography, and urban design. It approaches the topic from a novel dual perspective, by exploring cities with tangible commonalities and shared strategies for refining their identities, and by highlighting cities and urban environments characterised by multiple identities. Based on a decade of research in this field, the book provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on urban identity. In addition to comprehensive information for students, it offers a key reference guide for urbanists, urban designers and geographers, architectural and urban practitioners, decision-makers, and governing bodies involved in urban development strategies.

List of contents

Introduction to Notion of Identity.- Identity and the City.- Urban Identity, Human and Environment.- Place, Temporary and Temporality.- Reflecting on Urban Identities.- Identity of Cities and City of Identities: Examples.- Urban Identity Matters.

About the author










Ali Cheshmehzangi, urbanist/urban designer by profession, is Head of the Department of Architecture and Built Environment and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET) at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He is also Director of the Urban Innovation Lab, which is pursuing two on-going projects on 'eco-urbanism' and 'organic urban regeneration'. Ali is the co-author of three books: Sustainable Urban Development in the Age of Climate Change; Eco-Development in China (Springer Award 2018); and Designing Cooler Cities.


Product details

Authors Ali Cheshmehzangi
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2020
 
EAN 9789811539626
ISBN 978-981-1539-62-6
No. of pages 261
Dimensions 160 mm x 21 mm x 243 mm
Weight 550 g
Illustrations XVIII, 261 p. 209 illus., 206 illus. in color.
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography

Architektur, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, ARCHITECTURE / General

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