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UNINA9910132168203321 |
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Confronting suburbanization : urban decentralization in postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe / / edited by Kiril Stanilov and Luděk Sýkora |
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Chichester, West Sussex, [England] : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-4051-8548-1 |
1-118-29588-9 |
1-118-29586-2 |
1-118-29589-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Studies in Urban and Social Change |
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Suburbs - Europe, Central |
Suburbs - Europe, Eastern |
City planning - Europe, Central |
City planning - Europe, Eastern |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Confronting Suburbanization; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Chapter 1 The Challenge of Postsocialist Suburbanization; Introduction; Urbanization, Suburbanization, and Socioeconomic Order; Urban growth under socialism; The postsocialist suburban revolution; Placing Postsocialist Suburbanization in the Context of Global Urbanization and Sustainable Development; Postsocialist suburbanization and global urbanism; The postsocialist sprawl and sustainability; Book structure and organization |
Chapter 2 Urban Sprawl on the Danube: The Impacts of Suburbanization in Budapest Introduction; Suburbanization in Budapest before 1990; Dynamics of Suburbanization in the Postsocialist Period; Residential suburbanization patterns; Nonresidential suburbanization patterns; Complex assessment; Conditions, Driving Forces, and Impacts of Suburbanization; Conditions for suburbanization; The driving forces of suburbanization; Environmental, spatial, and social impacts of urban |
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deconcentration; Management of Suburban Growth; Conclusions; Notes; References |
Chapter 3 Confronting Suburbanization in Ljubljana: From "Urbanization of the Countryside" to Urban SprawlIntroduction; Suburbanization Patterns prior to the Postsocialist Period; Patterns and Processes of Suburbanization during the Postsocialist Period; Residential suburbanization; Nonresidential suburbanization; Complex assessment of patterns and processes; Conditions and Driving Forces of Suburbanization; Economic forces; Demographic and lifestyle changes; Property rights and land development policies; The Consequences of Suburbanization and Urban Sprawl in Ljubljana's Urban Region |
Environmental impacts Economic impacts; Social impacts; Management of Suburban/Metropolitan Growth; Spatial development policy in Slovenia; Management of growth in Ljubljana's urban region; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Suburbanization of Moscow's Urban Region; Introduction: Main Characteristics of Moscow's Region Development; Moscow Oblast; Metropolitan spatial structure; Development of Moscow's Periphery during the Soviet Period; Patterns and Processes of Suburbanization during the Postsocialist Period; Migration patterns |
Residential suburbanization: Patterns, processes, and factors Nonresidential suburbanization; Suburbanization and suburban agriculture; A Complex Assessment of Patterns and Processes; Regional Governance: General Framework and Protagonists; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Prague: Urban Growth and Regional Sprawl; Introduction; A Historical Account of Urbanization and Suburbanization in Prague; The Housing Boom: Compact City and Suburban Sprawl; Population Redistribution: Changing the Balance between Core and Suburbs; Nonresidential Growth and Suburban Jobs |
Metropolis and Localities: Urban and Regional Planning in the Prague City Region |
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"This fascinating book explains the processes of suburbanization in the context of post-socialist societies transitioning from one system of socio-spatial order to another. Case studies of seven Central and Eastern Europe city regions illuminate growth patterns and key conditions for the emergence of sprawl. Breaks new ground, offering a systematic approach to the analysis of the global phenomenon of suburbanization in a post-socialist context Tracks the boom of the post-socialist suburbs in seven CEE capital city regions - Budapest, Ljubljana, Moscow, Prague, Sofia, Tallinn, and Warsaw Situates the experience of the CEE countries in the broader context of global urban change Case studies examine the phenomenon of suburbanization along four main vectors of analysis related to development patterns, driving forces, consequences and impacts, and management of suburbanization Highlights the critical importance of public policies and planning on the spread of suburbanization "-- |
"Breaks new ground, offering a systematic approach to the analysis of the global phenomenon of suburbanization in a post-socialist context"-- |
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UNINA9910790157603321 |
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Friedman Ted |
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Electric Dreams [[electronic resource] ] : Computers in American Culture / / Ted Friedman |
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New York ; ; London : , : New York University Press, , [2005] |
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©2005 |
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0-8147-2842-1 |
0-8147-2866-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Computers - History |
Computers - Social aspects |
Computers and civilization |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-255) and index. |
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Introduction : the dialectic of technological determinism -- Part I. Mainframe culture. Charles Babbage and the politics of computer memory -- Ideologies of information processing: from analog to digital -- Filming the "electronic brain" -- Part II. The personal computer. The many creators of the personal computer -- Apple's 1984 -- The rise of the simulation game -- Part III. The interpersonal computer. Imagining cyberspace -- Dot-com politics -- Beyond Napster -- Linux and utopia -- Conclusion : cybertopia today. |
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Electric Dreams turns to the past to trace the cultural history of computers. Ted Friedman charts the struggles to define the meanings of these powerful machines over more than a century, from the failure of Charles Babbage's "difference engine" in the nineteenth century to contemporary struggles over file swapping, open source software, and the future of online journalism. To reveal the hopes and fears inspired by computers, Electric Dreams examines a wide range of texts, including films, advertisements, novels, magazines, computer games, blogs, and even operating systems. Electric Dreams arg |
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UNINA9910828994603321 |
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Autore |
Straus Scott <1970-> |
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Making and unmaking nations : war, leadership, and genocide in modern Africa / / Scott Straus ; cover design, David Baldeosingh Rotstein |
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Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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0-8014-5567-7 |
0-8014-7968-1 |
0-8014-5568-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (401 pages) |
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Genocide - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Nation-building - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Political leadership - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Africa, Sub-Saharan Politics and government 1960- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. The Puzzle of Genocide -- Part I. Concepts and Theory -- Chapter 1. The Concept and Logic of Genocide -- Chapter 2. Escalation and Restraint -- Chapter 3. A Theory of Genocide -- Part II. Empirics -- Chapter 4. Mass Categorical Violence and Genocide in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960-2008 -- Chapter 5. Retreating From The Brink In Côte D'Ivoire -- Chapter 6. The Politics of Dialogue in Mali -- Chapter 7. Pluralism and Accommodation in Senegal -- Chapter 8. Endangered Arab-Islamic Nationalism in Sudan -- Chapter 9. Fighting for the Hutu Revolution in Rwanda -- Conclusion. Making Nations And Preventing Their Unmaking -- Appendix. Identifying The Risk Of Genocide And Mass Categorical Violence -- References -- Index |
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In Making and Unmaking Nations, Scott Straus seeks to explain why and how genocide takes place-and, perhaps more important, how it has been avoided in places where it may have seemed likely or even |
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inevitable. To solve that puzzle, he examines postcolonial Africa, analyzing countries in which genocide occurred and where it could have but did not. Why have there not been other Rwandas? Straus finds that deep-rooted ideologies-how leaders make their nations-shape strategies of violence and are central to what leads to or away from genocide. Other critical factors include the dynamics of war, the role of restraint, and the interaction between national and local actors in the staging of campaigns of large-scale violence. Grounded in Straus's extensive fieldwork in contemporary Africa, the study of major twentieth-century cases of genocide, and the literature on genocide and political violence, Making and Unmaking Nations centers on cogent analyses of three nongenocide cases (Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal) and two in which genocide took place (Rwanda and Sudan). Straus's empirical analysis is based in part on an original database of presidential speeches from 1960 to 2005. The book also includes a broad-gauge analysis of all major cases of large-scale violence in Africa since decolonization. Straus's insights into the causes of genocide will inform the study of political violence as well as giving policymakers and nongovernmental organizations valuable tools for the future. |
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