Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 358 g
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 358 g
ISBN: 978-1-394-29562-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Offers a groundbreaking perspective on the future of urban studies
Urbanism in the Digital Age provides an essential, paradigm-shifting framework for understanding contemporary urban life. Author Mark Gottdiener redefines the study of urbanism by shifting the focus from traditional city-centered models to the Multi-Centered Metropolitan Region (MCMR), a revolutionary approach that integrates regional dynamics, digital media, and socioeconomic structures. This book challenges long-standing theories, critiques dominant neoliberal policies, and provides innovative solutions to critical contemporary issues.
Through an interdisciplinary synthesis of Lefebvrian and Castellsian perspectives, Gottdiener dissects the limitations of classical Marxist and city-centric urban theories while presenting new methodologies for analyzing spatial and social problems. Exploring the interplay between digital media, economic forces, and regional development, 14 in-depth chapters incorporate historical analysis, census data, and case studies to illustrate real-world applications.
Presenting a bold new vision for addressing spatial inequalities, rethinking governance, and fostering sustainable urban transformation, Urbanism in the Digital Age: - Critiques traditional city-centered urban studies and offers a unique and new perspective based on a regional, digital-age approach.
- Analyzes the impacts of digital media and neoliberal governance on spatial and social inequalities
- Examines pressing urban crises, such as affordable housing, transportation, racial segregation, climate change, homelessness, and the crisis effects of draconian Neoliberal policies.
- Proposes innovative policy solutions for urban planning, sustainability, and regional development
- Investigates the role of architecture, urban planning and thematic environments in shaping urban experiences and fighting climate change.
Urbanism in the Digital Age is an indispensable resource for students and scholars in urban studies, sociology, geography, political science, architecture, and urban planning. It is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses on urbanism, social problems, and public policy, and a must-read for policymakers and professionals engaged in urban development and regional planning.
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Preface ix
Chapter 1 What’s Wrong with This Picture? 1
The Multi-Centered Metro Region Is the New Spatial Form of Urbanism 4
Lefebvre Anticipates the MCMR 5
Castells Anticipates the Digital Age 6
What Follows 6
Chapter 2 The City Is Dead. Long Live the City 8
The New Form of Urban Space 8
Early Approaches to Regional Multi-Centered Growth: Geddes and Gottmann 9
Metropolitics: One Story of Attempted Regional Policy for the MCMR 10
The Digital Age 13
Chasing After the MCMR by the US Census Over Time 15
Regional Studies as a Better Means of Capturing Social Space 20
Moving On 22
Chapter 3 Henri Lefebvre’s Urbanism: Right and Wrong 23
Lefebvre’s Urbanism Theory 25
The Production of Space: Understanding Why Space Is a Force of Production 28
The Stages of Society and Their Spatial Formations 29
The Second Circuit of Capitalism 31
Capital Logic Theory and Reductionist Marxism 34
The Difference in Returns on Land Between the City and the MCMR 37
The Current Crisis 40
Chapter 4 How the Modernist City of Corporations Transformed into the MCMR 42
Breaking the Ideological Bias Favoring the City 43
The Modern City of Corporate Capitalism 45
The Capitalism of Corporations and the Metropolitan City Form 46
The Burgess Model and Post-war Suburbanization 49
The Chicago School of Sociology 49
The Limited Relevance of Urban Density 53
Mass Suburbanization and the Birth of a Mass Consumer Society 55
The Role of Racism in Mass Suburbanization 57
Mass Suburbanization Leads to the Mass Consumer Society 58
The Shift to the Sunbelt and the Dominance of the MCMR Form 59
The Scale Perspective 62
Chapter 5 How the MCMR Functions as the New Form of Urban Space 68
Deconcentration and Reconcentration—The Dual Forces Creating the MCMR 70
Deconcentration 70
Reconcentration 73
New Spaces of Consumption and Business Anchoring the MCMR 74
The Regional Mall 75
The Airport as a Growth Pole 77
Scientific, Industrial, and Commercial Parks 80
Science and High Tech Mini-centers 81
The Golden Age of Supermarkets, The Commercial Strip: Mini-centers Sustain MCMR Living 81
Theming Sustains Business in the MCMR 83
The MCMR and the Digital Media Revolution 84
Chapter 6 The Space of Flows: Part One: Transportation 86
Poor Public Transportation Is a National Disgrace 87
The Unbelievable Story of Mass Transportation Destruction 87
Creating an Automobile Culture: Power Not Preference Rules the Day 91
Shameful Neglect of Our Historical Mass Transport Legacy 92
Can We Rebalance Our Auto/Mass Transit Society? 93
The Mixed Case of Government Spending on Mass Transit 95
What We Can Learn from Previous Projects Wasting Money and Time 95
High Speed Transport as the New Hope 98
Chapter 7 The Space of Flows: The Digital Age 100
Digital Media and Everyday Life—Negotiating the MCMR Space 102
Manuel Castells and the Network Society 102
Critiques—Relevance to the MCMR 104
Digital Technology and the Smart City 106
Transforming Settlement Space for Smartphone Applications 107
Equality Assessment for Digital Access 108
New Developments Advertising “Wired” Access—the “Smart City” 108
Chapter 8 Affordable Housing and the MCMR 110
The Affordable Housing Crisis 111
What Is the Crisis About? 111
What Are the Causes of Crisis? 113
Housing Speculation and the Truth Inside Lefebvre’s Second Circuit 113
Covid and Inflation as Causes for the Housing Crisis 115
Some Solutions to the Affordable Housing Crisis 117
How the Federal Government Dealt with Housing in the Past-bounty and Corruption Together 118
How Tokyo Created Affordable Housing 121
Some Creative Cases from the US 124
Minneapolis Downzoning 124
Habitat for Humanity 125
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) 125
How European Cities Created Affordable Rental Housing 126
Chapter 9 The Unhoused Crisis: Shame of a Nation 128
Falling Down the Rabbit Hole of Cruel and Unusual 130
Eviction: Capitalism as Inhumane 131
Some Results of the Study 132
What About Desmond’s Proposed Solutions? 133
Solutions to the Unhoused Crisis: Case Studies 134
UK: Monitoring Is Right and Wrong 134
Finland: A Simple Plan 135
What Worked in Finland Is Attacked in the US 136
Using the MCMR Expanse to Find Shelter for the Unhoused 137
Houston Case Study 137
Cincinnati Case Study 138
The War Against the Unhoused 138
Cities Alone Cannot Bear the Burden 139
Chapter 10 Perpetual Problems: Racism, Segregation, Their Effects, and the MCMR Solution 140
White Racism Is a Cultural Problem; Do Black Culture Changes Help? 141
African American Segregation—the Material Sign of Racism and Poverty 142
The Costs of Involuntary Segregation 142
Measuring Segregation 143
The Taubers 143
Hypersegregation 144
Ghettoization 145
Massey and Denton’s Measure of Isolation 147
The Barrio as Ghetto and Hispanic Segregation 148
Understanding the Barrio 148
Mexican American Urban Removal 149
The Crisis in Mexican American Education 150
The Useless Class and the White, Blue Collar Education Problem 152
Does MCMR Residency Have an Effect on Segregation? 152
Analytical Research of Data says “Yes” 153
America’s MCMRs Are on the Frontline of Racial and Ethnic Neighborhood Change 155
White Racism and the Effect of Central City Gentrification 157
Before and After Covid: Is Gentrification All Bad? 157
Chapter 11 Urban Planning in the MCMR 159
Regional Urban Planning vs. City Urban Planning: Understanding the Differences 160
Defining Regional Urban Planning 160
Defining City Urban Planning 160
The MCMR and Regional Planning 161
The Regional Planning Authority Dilemma 162
Anti-planning Ideologies 163
The Ideology of Privatism 163
Exclusionary Zoning 164
The Ideology of NIMBY 165
How Local Political Control Undercuts Regional Planning 165
Planned Sprawl 166
Zoning and Its Discontents 169
New Urbanism, Old Urbanism, City of the Future: Planning Strategies to Preserve Urban Life 170
New Urban Planning for Pedestrians but Not Local Shops 172
Chapter 12 Architecture and the MCMR – The Crisis of Environmental Sustainability and Landmark Building 173
Urban Heat Islands 173
Environmental Solutions to Mini-center Pollution 174
Climate Change and the Need for Innovation 175
The Important Role of Architecture for Sustainable Building 176
Sustainable Design and Passive Strategies 177
Green Roofs and Walls 177
The Well Building Movement and the European Commission’s New Bauhaus 178
Architecture and the MCMR—Signature Buildings as Landmarks 179
Attracting Consumers to Locations in the MCMR—Themes and Landmarks 180
Signature Architecture vs Landmarks 181
Chapter 13 Public Policy and the MCMR: Political Fragmentation, Social Polarization, and Some Possible Solutions to Regional Governance 186
The Government Eating Itself 187
Fragmentation of Local Government 188
Hung Up by Historical Artifact of Many Local Governments 188
The Lasting Effects of Covid on Regional Governance 190
Failing Infrastructure Cost Outstrips Local Government Resources 190
Some Possible Solutions: 191
Switching to a MCMR Perspective and Using Digital Technology 191
The Need for Professional Local Managers 192
The Mass Immigration Problem Requires a Regional Solution 192
The State vs. City Dilemma Paralyzing Policy Progress 194
An MCMR Solution via “Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration” 195
MSI Morphs to Ethical Considerations 196
Chapter 14 Neoliberalism and Its Failure to Contain Social Problems: The Current Crisis, the Need for Social Action, and the Fallacy of the “Right to the City” 198
The New Regime of Accumulation: Global Capitalism and Neoliberalism 199
Post-1975 Transformation to Neoliberalism—Direct Forms of Intervention for Capital 201
Austerity 202
Why Lefebvre remains important 204
Tax the Super Rich 205
The Right to the City Fallacy and the Importance of Urban Social Movements 206
Castells vs. Lefebvre 207
Bibliography 208
Index 225
