Research Catalog

Title

The urban now : living in an age of urban globalism / John Rennie Short.

Author

Short, John R.

Publication

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2023]

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Details

Description

xii, 324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 25 cm

Summary

"Drawing upon over a quarter of a century's worth of research, The Urban Now illuminates our present urban condition. John Rennie Short captures the main features of this moment of urban significance, investigating the city as a crucial arena strategically located between global flows and national surfaces. Divided into seven distinct parts, concise and accessible chapters delve into the city and its relation to globalization, urban imaginaries, climate change, COVID-19 and public health, traffic, technology, and everyday life. Conducting poignant analyses of a diverse group of changing cities, including Cali, Megalopolis, Mparntwe and Syracuse, the book explores questions surrounding postcolonial culture, deindustrialization, social inclusion, informal economies, and new class relationships. Short ultimately highlights the progressive possibilities and redemptive power of the urban experience to change lives and attitudes. Providing a theoretically sophisticated and empirically informed assessment of public policies, this unique book will prove an essential tool for students and scholars of urban and regional studies, human geography, sociology and social policy. Practical in scope, its appeal will extend to policymakers and practitioners with an interest in cities, urban development, globalization and urbanization"--

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Globalization > 21st century
• City and town life
• Urbanization
• Sociology, Urban
• urbanization
• urban sociology
• globalism
• Globalization

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Urban imaginaries -- 1. The urban moment -- 2. Imaginaries of the urban now -- 3. Imaginaries of city and nature -- 4. Suburban imaginaries -- 5. The legacy of the weimar bauhaus for the urban now -- Part II. Globalizations and the city -- 6. Globalization and its disContents -- 7. Global cities -- 8. From global cities to gateway cities -- 9. City marketing in an era of globalization -- 10. Urban mega-events and globalization -- 11. The second gilded age -- 12. The new middle class in the global south -- Part III. Climate change and the city -- 13. Cities and climate change -- 14. Cities in a time of rapid climate change -- 15. A perfect storm: Climate change and network failure -- 16. Fire at the urban-wilderness interface -- Part IV. Covid-19 and the city -- 17. The city in the time of covid-19 -- 18. Traffic in the postpandemic city -- 19. The informal economy in the postpandemic city -- 20. The convivial city -- Part V. Cities and traffic -- 21. No accident: Traffic in the modern city -- 22. Dangerous cities -- 23. Unwilling to pay -- 24. Congestion pricing -- 25. The silent epidemic on wheels -- Part VI. Cities of the urban now -- 26. The liquid city of megalopolis -- 27. The creative postcolonial city -- 28. Reimagined city: Syracuse, new york -- 29. Informal city: Cali, colombia -- 30. Informal cities: Nigeria -- Part VII. Life in the urban now -- 31. The age of distraction in the city -- 32. Social inclusion in the city -- 33. Does the city make you fat? -- 34. Security and safety in the city -- 35. Walking in the city -- A very brief guide to further reading -- References -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 24-216

ISBN

• 9781035314447
• 1035314444

LCCN

2023943033

OCLC

1371399620

Author

Short, John R., author.

Title

The urban now : living in an age of urban globalism / John Rennie Short.

Publisher

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2023]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Research Call Number

JFE 24-216