The U. S. city in transition / / Barbara Hahn

• Autore: Hahn Barbara
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Germany : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 pages)
• Disciplina: 811.52
• Soggetto topico: City and town life
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1: The U.S.-American City as an Object of Research -- 1.1 The City in Figures -- 1.1.1 Population Development Since 1950 -- 1.1.2 Ethnic Breakdown -- 2: Growth and Decline of the City -- 2.1 Phases of Urban Development -- 2.1.1 Pre-industrial Cities -- 2.1.2 Industrial Cities -- 2.1.3 Post-Fordist Cities -- 2.1.4 Postmodern Cities -- 2.2 The Suburban Space -- 2.2.1 Standardisation -- 2.2.2 State Support -- 2.2.3 Increasing Suburbanisation -- 2.2.4 Suburban Worlds and Lifestyle -- 2.2.5 Heterogeneous Suburbs -- 2.2.6 Industry and Service Providers in Suburban Areas -- 2.2.7 Urban Villages, Edge Cities, Edgeless Cities and Aerotropolis -- 2.3 Sprawl -- 2.3.1 Countermeasures -- 2.3.2 New Urbanism -- 2.3.3 Sprawl Versus Anti-sprawl -- 2.4 Growing Cities -- 2.4.1 Challenges of Growing Cities -- 2.5 Shrinking Cities -- 2.5.1 Countermeasures -- 2.5.2 Vacancies, Derelict Land and Land Banks -- 3: Framework Conditions for Urban Development -- 3.1 Neoliberalism and Urban Governance -- 3.2 Mayors -- 3.3 Globalization -- 3.4 Vulnerability -- 3.5 Urban Planning -- 3.5.1 Growing Influence of Private Investors -- 3.5.2 Urban Renewal Versus Urban Preservation -- 3.6 Transport and Traffic -- 3.6.1 Disadvantages of Individual Transport -- 3.6.2 Location of Residence and Choice of Transport Mode -- 3.7 Green Cities for America -- 3.7.1 High Line Park in Manhattan -- 3.7.2 Community Gardens -- 4: Reurbanisation and Restructuring -- 4.1 Global Cities -- 4.1.1 New York -- 4.1.2 Chicago -- 4.1.3 Los Angeles -- 4.1.4 Washington, DC -- 4.1.5 Outlook -- 4.2 Smart Cities -- 4.2.1 Influence of New Technologies -- 4.3 Creative Cities -- 4.3.1 Creative Class -- 4.3.2 Criticism -- 4.4 Consumer and Tourist Cities -- 4.4.1 Congress Tourism -- 4.4.2 Attractions. ; 4.5 Downtowns -- 4.5.1 Loss of Importance and Decline -- 4.5.2 Population Development and Residents -- 4.5.3 Revitalisation -- 4.5.4 Megastructures -- 4.5.5 Paradigm Shift -- 4.5.6 Sports Stadiums and Entertainment Districts -- 4.5.7 Clean Downtowns -- 4.5.8 Business Improvement Districts -- 4.5.9 Waterfronts -- 4.5.10 High-Rise Buildings -- 4.5.11 Inner-City Housing -- 4.5.12 Architecture of Attention -- 4.5.13 Quality of Stay -- 4.5.14 Retail Trade -- 4.5.15 Transition Zone -- 4.6 Segregation -- 4.6.1 Ethnic Segregation -- 4.6.2 Socio-Economic Segregation -- 4.6.3 Demographic Segregation -- 4.6.4 Segregation in More Recent Times -- 4.7 Gentrification -- 4.7.1 Gentrifier -- 4.7.2 Public Funding -- 4.7.3 Evaluation -- 4.8 Privatisation -- 4.8.1 Shopping Centers -- 4.8.2 Inner City Squares -- 4.8.3 Homeless People Without Civil Rights -- 4.8.4 Gated Communities -- 5: Selected Examples -- 5.1 Los Angeles: The New Prototype of the North American City? -- 5.1.1 Chicago School -- 5.1.2 Los Angeles School of Urbanism -- 5.1.3 Outlook -- 5.2 Lower Manhattan After 11 September 2001 -- 5.2.1 Destruction -- 5.2.2 Reconstruction -- 5.2.3 Outlook -- 5.3 Chicago: From Industrial to Consumer City -- 5.3.1 Urban Redevelopment -- 5.3.2 Millennium Park -- 5.3.3 Reurbanisation -- 5.4 Boston and the "Big Dig" Project -- 5.4.1 Central Artery -- 5.4.2 Realisation -- 5.4.3 Evaluation -- 5.5 Detroit: A Doomed City? -- 5.5.1 City of the Automobile -- 5.5.2 Population and Building Stock -- 5.5.3 Revitalisation Efforts -- 5.5.4 Outlook -- 5.6 Miami: Economic Recovery of a Polarised City -- 5.6.1 Population Structure -- 5.6.2 Post-industrial Global City -- 5.6.3 Tourism -- 5.6.4 Future Prospects -- 5.7 Atlanta: The Suburban Space as a Location for Services -- 5.7.1 Upswing to a Service Center -- 5.7.2 Decentralisation. ; 5.7.3 City Center -- 5.8 New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina -- 5.8.1 Hurricane Katrina -- 5.8.2 Reconstruction -- 5.8.3 Economy -- 5.8.4 Evaluation -- 5.9 Phoenix: A Paradise for Seniors? -- 5.9.1 Sun City -- 5.9.2 Sun City as a Role Model -- 5.9.3 Criticism -- 5.10 Seattle: High-Tech Location on the Pacific Ocean -- 5.10.1 Rise to a High-Tech Region -- 5.10.2 Diversification -- 5.10.3 Outlook -- 5.11 Las Vegas Between Hyperreality and Bitter Reality -- 5.11.1 Hyperreal Worlds -- 5.11.2 Misery -- 6: The Future of the American City -- References -- Internet Resources -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The U. S. City in Transition
• ISBN: 9783662648612; 9783662648605
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910585783903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II