Large format paperback, F. 303pp, b/w illustrations throughout, large folded colour poster at the rear, a fine copy. an ( INURA ) International Network for Urban Research & Action book. A study of 6 cities and the cultural underground which is seeking to overthrow the stereotypical image of the city as a centre for commerce, finance & tourism and bring values such as integration, ecology, ideology & social harmony to the fore. 1400 grams.

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T�tulo

The Contested Metropolis - Six Cities At The Beginning Of The 21st Century : Berlin, Bruxelles / Brussel, Firenze, London, Toronto, Z�rich

Editor

Birkh�user

Fecha de publicaci�n

2004

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

3764300868

ISBN 13

9783764300869

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Edici�n

1st edition.

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Berlin, Brussels, Florence, London, Toronto, Zurich - fascinating western metropolises which are all sophisticated icons of international commerce, finance, tourism, though in very different ways. Striking appearances and successful structures are, however, only one side of the reality. On the shadow side, there are the insidious changes which have come about primarily for reasons of quick profit and consumerism; social and ethnic ghettos are on the increase. Yet in all these cities there are forces which are facing up to these supposedly irreversible developments and which must be taken seriously. INURA - an International Network for Urban Research and Action - published Possible Urban Worlds in 1998 to draw attention to contemporary urban renewal. Now they are publishing Contested Metropolis which looks at these six cities, presenting the most important critics and alternative urban projects.

Berlin, Br�ssel, Florenz, London, Paris, Toronto, Z�rich – faszinierende westliche Metropolen, die in je unterschiedlicher Weise urbane Ikonen des internationalen Handels, der Finanzwelt oder des Tourismus darstellen. Die glanzvollen Erscheinungen und erfolgreichen Strukturen sind freilich nur die eine Seite der Wirklichkeit. Die Ver�nderung der Stadt prim�r zugunsten des schnellen Profits, des individualistischen Konsums und steigender sozialer und ethnischer Ghettoisierung sind die Schattenseiten. Es gibt in all diesen St�dten ernst zu nehmende Kr�fte, die eine kontr�re Haltung gegen�ber einer vermeintlich nicht umkehrbaren Entwicklung einnehmen. Die von INURA – einem international t�togen Netzwerk mit dem Ziel der Stadterneuerung – herausgegebene aktuelle Dokumentation TheContested Metropolis stellt die wichtigsten kritischen Akteure und alternativen urbanen Projekte aus diesen sieben St�dten vor. Die aus pr�ziser Kenntnis der lokalen Gegebenheiten verfassten Einzelberichte f�hren in Text und Bild vor, wie der Alltagsraum dieser St�dte neu belebt und so genutzt werden kann, dass er den realen Bed�rfnissen ihrer Bewohner besser entspricht. Diese Beispiele liefern somit Erkenntnisse und Erfahrungen, die f�r viele andere fruchtbar werden k�nnen.

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Berlin, Brussel, Florenz, London, Paris, Toronto, Zurich faszinierende Metropolen, die in je unterschiedlicher Weise urbane Ikonen des internationalen Handels, der Finanzwelt oder des Tourismus darstellen. Die aus praziser Kenntnis der lokalen Gegebenheiten verfassten Einzelberichte fuhren vor, wie der Alltagsraum dieser Stadte so genutzt werden kann, dass er den realen Bedurfnissen ihrer Bewohner besser entspricht."

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