1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483417303321

Titolo

New workplaces -- location patterns, urban effects and development trajectories : a worldwide investigation / / Ilaria Mariotti, Stefano Di Vita, Mina Akhavan, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-63443-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 pages)

Collana

Research for Development

Disciplina

332.042

Soggetti

Offices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Introducing the Worldwide Phenomenon of Flexible Workplaces -- References -- Phenomena -- Third Places for Work: A Multidisciplinary Review of the Literature on Coworking Spaces and Maker Spaces -- 1 Introduction: The Rise of Coworking in the Age of the Creative Economy -- 2 Typology of Space and Proliferation of Flexible Third Workplaces -- 3 The Notion of Coworking Spaces: The Rise of Coworking Studies in Varied Disciplines -- 4 The Phenomena of MakerSpaces and Fab Labs -- 5 Conclusions and Future Lines of Research on the Flexible Workplace Model -- References -- Exploring New Workplaces with Social Network Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background: The New Working Spaces, Proximity and Social Media Data -- 3 Methodology: How to Measure and Analyze the Web Relations of the New Working Spaces? -- 4 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Actors -- Coworkers and Coworking Spaces as Urban Transformation Actors. An Italian Perspective -- 1 Coworking Spaces -- 2 Contemporary Workers and Coworkers -- 3 The Results of a Coworker Survey in Italy -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- (Social) Innovation in Makerspaces: Re-embeddedness of Physical Production? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Innovation and Society -- 3 The Discourse Around Makerspaces As Social Innovation Hubs -- 4 Crafts and Making: Makerspaces as Digital Craft Workshops -- 5 Conclusions:



The Many Challenges of Makerspaces -- References -- Places -- Situating the New Sharing Economy: "Regional Geographies" of Greater Seattle's Coworking Facilities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From "Knowledge" To "Sharing" To "Coworking": Seattle's New Economies -- 3 "Situating" Greater Seattle's Coworking Facilities Through Regional Geographies -- 4 A Provisional City-Regional "Mapping" of Coworking Spaces Across Greater Seattle.

5 Situating Urban Effects: Select Cases of Coworking Urban Effects/Forms Across the City-Region -- 6 Emerging Relationships And Contradictions With Urban (Re)development and Regional Planning Regimes -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- After the Rustbelt: Sustainability and Economic Regeneration in Detroit -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Introduction to Rustbelt Cities -- 3 Car Culture and Institutionalized Sprawl -- 4 Detroit: Rise of the Motor City -- 5 Detroit Innovation and Regeneration -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- The Urban Integration of Coworking Spaces in France: The Case of the Loire Valley Region -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Spatial Distribution and Urban Hierarchy -- 2.2 Choice of Location: Density and Diversity of Functions in City Centres -- 2.3 Relationship with the Neighbourhood and Changing Practices -- 2.4 Involvement of Decision Makers and Public Policies -- 2.5 CSs in Mid-sized Towns -- 3 Research Methodology -- 3.1 Cartography: Mapping to Spatialise, Quantify and Establish Proxemic Relations -- 3.2 Direct Observation: An Approach Incorporating Architectural, Landscape and Urban Dimensions -- 3.3 Interviews: Understanding the Project Through the Stakeholders and Their Strategies -- 4 The Specific Context of a Region Without Any Metropolitan City -- 5 Results -- 5.1 Spatial Distribution and Polarisation in the Loire Valley -- 5.2 Two Main Differences with CSs in Metropolitan Areas -- 5.3 Architectural Integration and Urban Function of the CS -- 5.4 The Neighbourhood Scale: Potential Interactions Between Place (CS) and Environment (Neighbourhood) -- 6 Conclusions: Ownership, Territorial Contexts and Effects -- References -- Contemporary Coworking in Capital Cities: Evolving Geographies of Workspace Innovation in London and Rome -- 1 Introduction.

2 Reflections from Literature: Development Drivers and Outcomes of the Coworking Phenomenon -- 3 The Global Market Leader: Dynamics of CSs in London -- 4 Conclusions: Further Innovation or Market Saturation? -- References -- The Geography of Coworking Spaces and the Effects on the Urban Context: Are Pole Areas Gaining? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Phenomenon of Coworking Spaces: Definition, Location and Effects -- 3 An Empirical Study in Italy: Data and Methodology -- 4 Empirical Analysis -- 4.1 Descriptive Statistics -- 4.2 Counterfactual Analysis -- 5 Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Appendix -- References -- The Emergence and Spread of Collaborative Makerspaces in Italy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Collective Public-Private Local Goods -- 3 Diffusion of Fab Labs in Europe -- 4 The Italian Case -- 5 The New Workspaces: Figures and Characteristics in Italy -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- New Workplaces in "In-Between" Territories. Productive, Educational and Urban Dimensions of Emilian Makerspaces -- 1 Italian Makerspaces: A Diffused Geography Rooted in Local Ecosystems -- 2 Emilian Makerspaces: Experiences in Mid-sized Cities and Industrial Districts -- 2.1 Digital Makerspaces: Fab Labs -- 2.2 Educational Makerspaces: The Territorial Labs for Employability -- 3 Makerspaces in "In-between" Territories: Reflections on Places and Policies -- 3.1 Urban Localization and (Public) Building Reuse -- 3.2 The Intersection with a Variety of Public Policies -- 4 Conclusions: The Hybrid Nature of Makerspaces -- 5 Sitography



-- References -- Where Are the Knowledge Workers? The Case of Silicon Valley North in Ontario, Canada -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Data and Methods -- 4 Findings: Where Do Knowledge Workers Work? -- 5 Conclusions: Blurred Lines and Blurred Definitions -- References -- Agenda.

The Metamorphosis of Production. Which Issues for Policy and Planning? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 About Contemporary Production: A Theoretical Framework -- 3 Multi-Scalarity of the Nexus Between the Knowledge/Creative Economy and Manufacturing in the Milan Urban Region -- 4 Clustering and Classifying CSs and MSs. The Leading Role of the Milan Urban Region -- 5 CSs and MSs in the Public Agenda of the Milan Urban Region -- 5.1 Urban Policy -- 5.2 Urban and Regional Planning -- 6 Conclusions and Further Research -- References -- The Effects of Covid-19 on Coworking Spaces: Patterns and Future Trends -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social Distancing, Sectors, and New Geographies -- 3 Coworking Spaces: Proximity and Sense of Community -- 4 Comparing the International Impact of Covid-19 on Coworking Spaces -- 5 Conclusions and Future Trajectories -- References -- A Research Agenda for the Future of Workplaces -- References.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694185403321

Titolo

Current issues in U.S. refugee protection and resettlement : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, May 10, 2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 114 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Refugees - Services for - United States

Refugees - Government policy - United States

Humanitarian assistance, American

Admission of nonimmigrants - United States

Asylum, Right of - Government policy - United States

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia