Extended methods of analysis for urbanisation processes illustrated in eight world regions.
Urbanisation processes are unfolding far beyond the realm of agglomerations, profoundly transforming agrarian areas, rain forests, deserts and oceans. Inextricably bound to the earths ecologies, these developments are causing manifold planetary crises which require urgent scrutiny and call for new conceptions and cartographies of the urban beyond-the-city.
Through detailed analysis and fieldwork captured in text, photographs and hand-drawn maps, the book portrays the effects of extended urbanisation in eight world regions. It offers a redefinition of the very notions of the city, urban and urbanisation and outlines new urban agendas developed to address planetary challenges.
This book decenters the perspective on the urban, foregrounds urban struggle, and transcends rural-urban and north-south divides.
Fundamental book for urbanism studies Redefinition of the terms "city", "urban" and "urbanisation" Analysis of urbanisation processes in eight world regions Extended methods of analysis for urbanisation processes illustrated in eight world regions.
Urbanisation processes are unfolding far beyond the realm of agglomerations, profoundly transforming agrarian areas, rain forests, deserts and oceans. Inextricably bound to the earths ecologies, these developments are causing manifold planetary crises which require urgent scrutiny and call for new conceptions and cartographies of the urban beyond-the-city.
Through detailed analysis and fieldwork captured in text, photographs and hand-drawn maps, the book portrays the effects of extended urbanisation in eight world regions. It offers a redefinition of the very notions of the city, urban and urbanisation and outlines new urban agendas developed to address planetary challenges.
This book decenters the perspective on the urban, foregrounds urban struggle, and transcends rural-urban and north-south divides.
- Fundamental book for urbanism studies
- Redefinition of the terms "city", "urban" and "urbanisation"
- Analysis of urbanisation processes in eight world regions
Herausgeber:innen
Christian Schmid ist Stadtforscher, Geograph und Soziologe, Professor für Soziologie am Departement Architektur der ETH Zürich. Seine wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten befassen sich mit planetarer Urbanisierung, vergleichender Stadtanalyse und Theorien der Urbanisierung und des Raums. Er hat eine umfassende Rekonstruktion von Henri Lefebvres Theorie der Produktion des Raums verfasst und ist Mitglied des International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA).
Milica Topalovic ist Architektin und Professorin für Architektur und Territorialplanung am Departement Architektur der ETH Zürich. Ihre Arbeit befasst sich mit Gebieten jenseits der Stadt und den Transformationsprozessen, denen sie durch Kapitalbewegungen, soziale Umstrukturierungen und Umweltveränderungen ausgesetzt sind. Sie hat abgelegene Regionen, Hinterländer und ländliche Gebiete untersucht, um architektonische Ansätze für die Stadt, das Urbane und die Urbanisierung zu dezentrieren und zu ökologisieren.
Beitragsautor:innen
Nitin Bathla, Zürich Elisa T. Bertuzzo, Berlin Rodrigo Castriota, Belo Horizonte Nancy Couling, Lausanne Alice Hertzog, Zürich Nikos Katsikis, Delft Metaxia Markaki, Zürich Christian Schmid, Zürich Abdou Maliq Simone, Sheffield Milica Topalovi, Zürich Kit Ping Wong, Hong Kong
Editors
Christian Schmid is an urban researcher, geographer and sociologist, Professor of Sociology, Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich. His scientific work is on planetary urbanisation, comparative urban analysis and theories of urbanisation and of space. He wrote an encompassing reconstruction of Henri Lefebvre's theory of the production of space and is a member of the International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA).
Milica Topalovic is an architect and Professor of Architecture and Territorial Planning at the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich. Her work addresses territories beyond-the-city and the transformation processes they are exposed to through the movement of capital, social restructuring, and environmental change. She has studied remote regions, resource hinterlands, and countrysides in an effort to decentre and ecologise architectural approaches to the city, the urban, and urbanisation.
Contributing authors
Nitin Bathla, Zurich Elisa T. Bertuzzo, Berlin Rodrigo Castriota, Belo Horizonte Nancy Couling, Lausanne Alice Hertzog, Zurich Nikos Katsikis, Delft Metaxia Markaki, Zurich Christian Schmid, Zurich Abdou Maliq Simone, Sheffield Milica Topalovi, Zurich Kit Ping Wong, Hong Kong
