Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power write by Victoria Grau. This book was released on 2024-06-14. Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Urban planning has always been a preeminent instrument of political power. In this volume, contributions from Europe and Latin America provide insight into the functions of planning under very different political and societal constellations over the last hundred years: dictatorships, parliamentary democracies and illiberalism; capitalism and state socialism; state interventionism and neoliberalism, societies in times of peace and societies marked by colonial, civil, world or cold wars. Dictatorships of the 1920s and 1930s made extensive use of the potential of planning for economic growth, for brutal repression, but also for the integration of certain population groups and as an effective means of propaganda. The legacy of these dictatorships still characterizes many European cities today and confronts planning with complex tasks. Dictatorial state socialism planned to establish a new social order with a particular technocratic rationality, which did not, however, cancel completely the tendential autonomy of the professional planning sphere. Parliamentary democracies and illiberal regimes have developed specific new practices of using planning to rebuild cities in the interests of neoliberal economic growth and populistic legitimization of power. Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power takes the next steps in significantly expanding our understanding of planning and politics. The book will be of interest to students and scholars for Urbanism, Urban/Town Planning, Spatial Planning, Spatial Politics, Urban Development, Urban Policies, Planning History and European History of the 20th Century. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Power and Architecture
Power and Architecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Power and Architecture write by Michael Minkenberg. This book was released on 2014-06-01. Power and Architecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Capital cities have been the seat of political power and central stage for their state’s political conflicts and rituals throughout the ages. In the modern era, they provide symbols for and confer meaning to the state, thereby contributing to the “invention” of the nation. Capitals capture the imagination of natives, visitors and outsiders alike, yet also express the outcomes of power struggles within the political systems in which they operate. This volume addresses the reciprocal relationships between identity, regime formation, urban planning, and public architecture in the Western world. It examines the role of urban design and architecture in expressing (or hiding) ideological beliefs and political agenda. Case studies include “old” capitals such as Rome, Vienna, Berlin and Warsaw; “new” ones such as Washington DC, Ottawa, Canberra, Ankara, Bonn, and Brasília; and the “European” capital Brussels. Each case reflects the authors’ different disciplinary backgrounds in architecture, history, political science, and urban studies, demonstrating the value of an interdisciplinary approach to studying cities.
The History of Urban Planning and Cities
The History of Urban Planning and Cities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History of Urban Planning and Cities write by Donald Chiarella. This book was released on 2005-05-24. The History of Urban Planning and Cities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A primer for the modern Urban Planner or city manager from a historical perspective of global cities.
Planning Power
Planning Power - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Planning Power write by Ambe Njoh. This book was released on 2007-01-24. Planning Power available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With an unusually nuanced view of African planning systems in a time of upheaval and political change, Planning Power examines British and French colonial town and country planning efforts in Africa to provide valuable reading for researchers and students in a wide range of disciplines.
Politics of Urban Knowledge
Politics of Urban Knowledge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Politics of Urban Knowledge write by Bert De Munck. This book was released on 2023. Politics of Urban Knowledge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book uses 'politics of urban knowledge' as a lens to understand how professionals, administrations, scholars, and social movements have surveyed, evaluated and theorized the city, identified problems, and shaped and legitimized practical interventions in planning and administration. Urbanization has been accompanied, and partly shaped by, the formation of the city as a distinct domain of knowledge. This volume uses 'politics of urban knowledge' as a lens to develop a new perspective on urban history and urban planning history. Through case studies of mainly 19th and 20th century examples, the book demonstrates that urban knowledge is not simply a neutral means to represent cities as pre-existing entities, but rather the outcome of historically contingent processes and practices of urban actors addressing urban issues and the power relations in which they are embedded. It shows how urban knowledge-making has reshaped the categories, rationales, and techniques through which urban spaces were produced, governed and contested, and how the knowledge concerned became performative of newly emerging urban orders. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students in the field of urban history and urban studies, as well as the history of technology, science and knowledge and of science studies"--
