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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462547103321

Autore

Angotti Thomas <1941->

Titolo

The New Century of the Metropolis [[electronic resource] ] : Urban Enclaves and Orientalism

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-280-87313-2

1-136-29001-X

9786613714442

1-136-29000-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

307.116

307.1216

Soggetti

City planning

Economic development - Social aspects

Economic development -- Social aspects

Urbanization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The New Century of the Metropolis: Urban Enclaves and Orientalism; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Urban Fallacies; Chapter 1 The Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century: Problem or Solution?; Chapter 2 Urban Orientalism, Planning and the Metropolis of "The Others"; Chapter 3 Urban and Rural Dependencies and Divides; Part II Enclaves and Orientalisms; Chapter 4 Last Chance for the UrbanVillage?: The Urban-Rural Divide and Food Sovereignty in India; Chapter 5 Orientalist Roots: Palestine and the Israeli Metropolis

Chapter 6 Lessons from Twentieth Century Socialism: The USSR and ChinaChapter 7 The Free-Market Metropolis and Enclave Urbanism; Chapter 8 Latin America: Enclaves, Orientalism and Alternatives; Part III Looking Ahead; Chapter 9 New Century, New Ways of Planning; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The problems created by metropolitanization have become increasingly apparent. Attempts to limit growth, disperse populations and plan neighbourhoods have been largely unsuccessful. Strategies are needed to improve the world's major cities in the twenty-first century. Tom Angotti is fundamentally optimistic about the future of the metropolis, but questions urban planning's inability to integrate urban and rural systems, its contribution to the growth of inequality, and increasing enclave development throughout the world. Using the concept of 'urban orientalism' as a theoretical under